title: Retrograde Tempofilter II™ placement within the superior vena cava in a patient with acute upper extremity deep venous thrombosis: the filter stands on its head.
abstract: The Tempofilter II is a widely used temporary vena cava filter. Its unique design, which includes a long tethering catheter with a subcutaneous anchor, facilitates the deployment and retrieval of the device. Despite this, the Tempofilter II has been used only in the inferior vena cava of patients with lower extremity deep venous thrombosis. In this article, we present a case of superior vena cava filtering using the Tempofilter II in patients with upper extremity deep venous thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The Armed Forces Yangju Hospital, Gyeonggi-do 482-863, Korea. apleseed@chol.com
authors.forename: Nam Yeol
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Yim
authors.forename: Nam Kyu
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Jae Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Jae Kyu
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D056824:Upper Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D016306:Vena Cava Filters; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior