This report highlights potentially serious complications of IVC filters, including thrombosis and fragment embolization, and discusses their clinical management.
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Alerts clinicians to IVC filter complications; case reports leave open optimal prevention and long-term outcomes.
Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are commonly used in select high-risk patients for the prevention of pulmonary embolism. Potentially serious complications can arise from the use of IVC filters, including thrombosis of the filter itself and filter fragment embolization. This article discusses the utility of IVC filters and reviews the management of two cases of filter-related complications.
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