Inferior vena cava (IVC) filter placement and retrieval procedures have markedly declined over the last decade from previous large growth in Medicare beneficiaries, according to a new Harvey L ...

WASHINGTON -- The same year that the FDA warned against long-term use of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters, placement rates took a downward turn, researchers said. Separately, one center reported ...

IVC Filter Placement An inferior vena cava (IVC) filter is a small, wiry device that a doctor may recommend placing in the major vein that carries blood from the lower body back to the heart.

Inferior vena cava (IVC) filter placement and retrieval procedures have markedly declined over the last decade from previous large growth in Medicare beneficiaries, according to a new Harvey L ...

Used in 34% of catheter-based lytic procedures, IVC filters did not reduce in-hospital mortality, but instead drove up costs and hospital stays.

The composite of death and pulmonary embolism at 90 days was approximately the same in severe trauma patients both with and without implanted inferior vena cava filters, a study found.

Methods: This was a retrospective, single-institution review of patients who had an IVC filter placed after a histologically confirmed diagnosis gynecologic malignancy. Patients were identified from a ...

Use of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters declined in the United States following a 2010 safety communication from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), although the rate of implantation remains ...