Key result
IVC filter impact on mortality in PE remains unclear due to missing abstract results.
Why the study?
The association between inferior vena cava filter use and mortality rates in older adults with pulmonary embolism was unclear.
Does inferior vena cava filter use improve mortality rates in older adults with acute pulmonary embolism?
Does inferior vena cava filter use improve mortality rates in older adults with acute pulmonary embolism?
IVC filter use in acute PE should not yet change practice based on observational data; leaves open the mortality effect in older adults.
This study uses 3 distinct statistical approaches to examine the association between use of inferior vena cava filters and mortality rates in Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with pulmonary embolism.
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Bikdeli et al. (2018) studied this question. Inferior vena cava filter use was evaluated for its association with mortality rates in Medicare beneficiaries with pulmonary embolism, but the abstract lacks specific results.
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