[DIL vena cava filter. Initial experiences in 15 patients].
DIL filters were permanently inserted through the cubital vein, using a 7-F catheter, in 15 patients and were followed up for six months in 12 patients. One filter could not be opened and 4 others were only partly open. Clinically there were no recurrences of pulmonary emboli. There were no complications from the correctly placed filters. Amongst the 4 incompletely expanded filters, two caused perforation of the cava, in one the cava thrombosed and in another the filter migrated to the bifurcation of the pulmonary artery. It follows that unexpanded filters should not be placed in the cava. Measurements in 10 patients showed the cava reduced to less than 10 mm lumen. In two cases the reduction of lumen was only slight, measuring more than 15 mm. The effect of the reduction in the lumen remains to be compared with that achieved by other filters.
Nägele
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M
Radiologische Klinik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn.
König
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C
Görich
J
J
Kunze
V
V
Textor
J
J
Bootsveld
K
K
Hamann
M
M
Steudel
A
A
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000009:adverse effects; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
DIL Vena-Cava-Filter. Erste Erfahrungen bei 15 Patienten.