Cor Vasa 2024, 66(3):335-343 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2024.015

(The inferior vena cava filter and complications associated with its use)

Marek Hudák, Martin Koščo, Lucia Dekanová, Veronika Pavlíková, Eva Szabóová, Mária Rašiová
Klinika angiológie, Lekárska fakulta Univerzity Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach a Východoslovenský ústav srdcových a cievnych chorôb, a. s., Košice, Slovensko

The inferior vena cava filter prevents pulmonary embolism by mechanically trapping the embolus in the inferior vena cava. It should be strictly indicated and implanted only in a selected group of patients with deep vein thrombosis. However, the introduction of a plenty relative indications significantly increased the rate of caval filter implantation in the last decade and it led consequently to dramatic increase of complications rate, too. The purpose of this article is to summarize the possible complications related to the use of the caval filter, to present the reader clinical manifestation of these complications, as they are often overlooked, and to show the possibilities of solving and treating individual complications.

Keywords: Deep vein thrombosis, Early complications, Inferior vena cava filter, Late complications, Pulmonary embolism

Received: October 2, 2023; Revised: October 2, 2023; Accepted: February 23, 2024; Prepublished online: June 2, 2012; Published: June 28, 2024  Show citation

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Hudák M, Koščo M, Dekanová L, Pavlíková V, Szabóová E, Rašiová M. (The inferior vena cava filter and complications associated with its use). Cor Vasa. 2024;66(3):335-343. doi: 10.33678/cor.2024.015.
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