Medscape

Safety and Effectiveness of Inferior Vena Cava Filters Used to Protect Against Pulmonary Embolus: A Technology Assessment

The treatment of choice for proximal venous thrombosis is anticoagulation. In situations where anticoagulation is absolutely contraindicated or when anticoagulation has failed in the face of an acute ...
WebMD

What Is an Inferior Vena Cava Filter?

If you have had a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), you may worry about having another life-threatening clot. People who’ve had a DVT and can’t take blood-thinning medications have another option to prevent ...
Science Daily

IVC filters: Largest single patient population study to date on placement success, patient follow-up

Researchers have published the largest single patient population study to date on a method for following patients with retrievable inferior vena cava filters -- devices used to keep blood clots from ...
Healio

The ‘Pendulum’ of IVC Filter Use

Inferior vena cava filters have emerged as a popular tool to reduce risk for pulmonary embolism. Nevertheless, their use can be a polarizing issue among physicians. “Many physicians would say that ...
Medical Xpress

Researchers find better management needed for use of IVC filters

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that the use of Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters for the prevention and treatment of venous thrombotic events (VTE) may result ...
Medical Xpress

Rates of IVC filter placement decreased from 2010 to 2014

(HealthDay)—The rates of inferior vena cava (IVC) filter placement increased from 2005 until 2010 and then decreased through 2014, according to a research letter published online Nov. 6 in JAMA ...
Healio

IVC filter placement declining, varies by region

Prophylactic inferior vena cava filter placement declined in the United States from 2005 to 2014, but rates varied by geography, according to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The ...
TCTMD

Questions Over Risk-Benefit Balance for IVC Filters Still Vex Clinicians

Debates continue over the merits of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters for patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE), with two viewpoints on the topic—one yea and the other nay—published online earlier ...
MedPage Today

IVC Filters of Questionable Help in Cancer Patients

AUSTIN, Texas -- Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters had mixed results against cancer-related venous thromboembolism (VTE) in studies presented here. In a population-based analysis of more than 90,000 ...
EurekAlert!

Temple-led research team finds notable decrease in IVC filter usage after FDA advisory

(Philadelphia, PA) -Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a medical condition in which blood clots develop in the deep veins of the body, often in the legs, thigh or pelvis. These clots can break loose and ...
MedPage Today

2010: When IVC Filter Use Started Going Down

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