Inferior Vena Caval Filters : Review of a 26-year Single-Center Clinical Experience 1

MATERIALS AND METHODS: During 1973–1998, 1,765 filters were implanted in 1,731 patients. Hospital files were reviewed, and data were collected about the indications, safety, effectiveness, numbers, and types of caval filters. Fatal postfilter pulmonary embolism (PE) was considered the primary outcome. Morbidity and mortality were determined as secondary outcomes. Survival and morbidity-free survival curves were calculated.

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