Recurrent pulmonary embolism in pregnancy managed with the Greenfield vena caval filter.
Recurrent embolisation from venous thrombosis despite anticoagulation, in pregnancy, constitutes a major diagnostic and management problem. We present just such a patient who was managed with a Greenfield vena caval filter, which enabled her pregnancy to continue, resulting in a vaginal delivery of a healthy female infant at 38 weeks gestation.
Banfield
P J
PJ
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Westminster Hospital, London, UK.
Pittam
M
M
Marwood
R
R
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012008:Recurrence; D016306:Vena Cava Filters
D006493:Heparin