SAGE Journals Online
Advertisement
Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Advertisement

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Ketterhagen, J. P.
Right arrow Articles by Sauter, K. E.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Ketterhagen, J. P.
Right arrow Articles by Sauter, K. E.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Greenfield vena Caval Filter: St. Joseph's Hospital Experiences

James P. Ketterhagen

Department of Surgery, St. Joseph's Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Kendall E. Sauter

Department of Surgery, St. Joseph's Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Since the first vena caval filter was inserted at St. Joseph's Hospital in 1979, 18 similar procedures have been performed. A review of these cases was con ducted in which the indications for and site of insertion, associated diagnostic and radiographic studies, complications, and mortality were summarized.

The data reveal a mortality rate of 11 %, owing primarily to the use of the filter in hemodynamically unstable patients with massive pulmonary emboli. This figure suggests that vena caval filters should only be used as a truly pro phylactic measure, limiting the indications for insertion to failures of or contra indications to anticoagulation, as well as possible consideration as prophylaxis in high risk patients or those with "free floating" thrombus above the inguinal ligament.

Such failures of anticoagulation and complications of overtreatment can be minimized through an understanding of the variable response to anticoagulants and the recognition of the need for accurate, frequent monitoring of anticoagu lant therapy.

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 19, No. 5, 343-347 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/153857448501900505
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?




Advertisement