AN UNOPENED TITANIUM GREENFIELD IVC FILTER - INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUNDTO REVEAL ASSOCIATED THROMBUS AND AID IN FILTER OPENING

Authors
GOERTZEN TC MCCOWAN TC GARVIN KL LIEBERMAN RP LEVEEN RF
Citation
Tc. Goertzen et al., AN UNOPENED TITANIUM GREENFIELD IVC FILTER - INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUNDTO REVEAL ASSOCIATED THROMBUS AND AID IN FILTER OPENING, Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 16(4), 1993, pp. 251-253
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Cardiovascular and interventional radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01741551
Volume
16
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
251 - 253
Database
ISI
SICI code
0174-1551(1993)16:4<251:AUTGIF>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A titanium Greenfield filter did not open following placement in the i nfrarenal inferior vena cava (IVC). Abdominal radiograph and cavogram showed no definite reason for filter malfunction. Intravascular ultras ound (IVUS) demonstrated the unopened filter in the IVC with thrombus binding the legs. The thrombus was disrupted with a catheter, and the filter completely expanded with a balloon. IVUS documented full-filter opening in addition to residual thrombus in the filter following mani pulation.