| Literature DB >> 21326489 |
Anthony C Venbrux1, Elizabeth A Ignacio, Shawn N Sarin, Amy P Soltes, Noel C Haskins, Dmitri Gagarin.
Abstract
Approximately 140,000 to 200,000 patients die as a result of pulmonary embolism in the United States each year. If the diagnosis is made and therapy initiated, the mortality rate drops to 8%. Vena cava filters play a role in the management of patients with thromboembolic disease. Deployment of "optional" filters is changing practice paradigms.Entities:
Keywords: Pulmonary embolism; inferior vena cava filters; venous thromboembolic disease
Year: 2008 PMID: 21326489 PMCID: PMC3036407 DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1052302
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Semin Intervent Radiol ISSN: 0739-9529 Impact factor: 1.513