title: Requirements for a method of transvenous inferior vena cava interruption.
abstract: Six requirements were defined that would characterize a safe and effective technique of transvenous inferior vena cava (IVC) interruption: (1) the instrument should be placed transjugularly under local anesthesia; (2) the instrument should have "built-in" capability for venography; (3) the technique should produce complete occlusion of the IVC; (4) the occluder must adapt to any variable in IVC diameter; (5) the intracaval device must have no sharp edges, pins, or points; and (6) the technique must permit simultaneous heparin therapy. These specifications were met by a catheter-delivered detachable balloon that could be inflated to any needed diameter. This technique was used in 96 patients, with a follow-up period to ten years. Time and experience confirm the validity of the six requirements for a safe and effective technique.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D006493:Heparin