IMPLANTATION OF VENA-CAVA FILTERS IN ACUT E PULMONARY EMBOLISMS

Authors
ROMANIUK P THIEME T MIERSCH G STOBBE C STOSSLEIN F
Citation
P. Romaniuk et al., IMPLANTATION OF VENA-CAVA FILTERS IN ACUT E PULMONARY EMBOLISMS, Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie, 82, 1993, pp. 35-40
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
03005860
Volume
82
Year of publication
1993
Supplement
2
Pages
35 - 40
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-5860(1993)82:<35:IOVFIA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The long-term results of 222 patients (pts) with transvenously implant ed vena cava filters are critically reviewed. A total of 98 pts were g iven a Mobin-Uddin filter, 102 pts a Gunther filter, and 16 pts a LGM filter. Among the serious complications observed during long-term foll ow-up were vena cava occlusions and increasing symptoms ranging from c ongestion of the deep leg veins, perforations into ureters, fractures and embolizations of the filters in up to 40 % of the patients, if Gun ther filters were implanted.