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Recurrent Pulmonary Embolism from Thrombi in Greenfield Filter—Case Report

Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York

Richard Knight

Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York

Vena cava interruption using the Greenfield filter has proved to be a safe and effective method. In a series of 156 patients receiving the filter, published by Greenfield, the patency rate was 98%, and there was no mortality secondary to the filter placement. The incidence of recurrent pulmonary embolism resulting from the proximal propagation of a thrombus has been reported to be 5%. The present work reports on a case of recurrent pulmonary embolism resulting from the proximal propagation of a thrombus originating in a Greenfield filter.

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 22, No. 2, 110-113 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/153857448802200205


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