DEVELOPMENTS IN INFERIOR VENA-CAVA FILTERS - A EUROPEAN VIEWPOINT
DEVELOPMENTS IN INFERIOR VENA-CAVA FILTERS - A EUROPEAN VIEWPOINT
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DOI:
10.1055/s-2008-1074774
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发表时间:
1994-12-01
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
GUNTHER, RW
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作者:
NEUERBURG, J;GUNTHER, RW
Although the use of anticoagulants and other prophylactic measures has substantially reduced postoperative thromboembolic events, pulmonary embolism remains a risk. Many approaches for the prevention of recurrent pulmonary embolism have been tried: permanent ligation of the inferior vena cava (IVC) was first suggested by Homans in 1934.1 From that time on until the late 1980s partial or complete caval interruption was performed sur-gically. To date, the percutaneous access is preferred, and filters for the IVC have gradually replaced IVC ligation or plication. For this purpose a continuously increasing number of approved or investigational caval filters have been made available. However, the optimal device is not yet available. 2'3 It is the aim of this article to give insight into the variety of caval filtration devices, with the primary emphasis being on those devices that are currently in clinical use within Europe but not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States.