Citation
C. Cope et al., TEMPORARY USE OF A BIRDS NEST FILTER DURING ILIOCAVAL THROMBOLYSIS, Radiology, 198(3), 1996, pp. 765-767
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
ISSN journal
00338419
Volume
198
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
765 - 767
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-8419(1996)198:3<765:TUOABN>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A jugular Bird's Nest filter (Cook, Bloomington, Ind) was partially de
ployed in the suprarenal cava for prophylaxis to prevent pulmonary emb
olism in a young woman with phlegmasia cerulea dolens. It was effectiv
e in capturing large emboli during thrombolysis of a loose iliocaval t
hrombus. It was safely removed 6 1/2 hours later, after lysis of most
retained filter clots.