title: [Implantation of vena cava filters in acute pulmonary embolism].
abstract: The long-term results of 222 patients (pts) with transvenously implanted vena cava filters are critically reviewed. A total of 98 pts were given a Mobin-Uddin filter, 102 pts a Günther filter, and 16 pts a LGM filter. Among the serious complications observed during long-term follow-up were vena cava occlusions and increasing symptoms ranging from congestion of the deep leg veins, perforations into ureters, fractures and embolizations of the filters in up to 40% of the patients, if Günther filters were implanted.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Charité Berlin, Institut für kardiovaskuläre Diagnostik.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Romaniuk
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thieme
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Miersch
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stobbe
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stösslein
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010690:Phlebography; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012008:Recurrence; D016306:Vena Cava Filters
vernacular_title: Zur Implantation von Vena-cava-Filtern bei akuten Lungenembolien.