Imaging diagnosis and management of inferior vena cava filter related complications
10.13929/j.1672-8475.201710022
- VernacularTitle:下腔静脉滤器常见并发症影像诊断与治疗策略
- Author:
Zhongzhi JIA
1
Author Information
1. 南京医科大学附属常州市第二人民医院介入放射科
- Keywords:
Vena cava,inferior;
Filter;
Complications;
Diagnostic imaging;
Interventional therapy
- From:
Chinese Journal of Interventional Imaging and Therapy
2018;15(3):179-183
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Although inferior vena cava (IVC) filter (IVCF) has been widely used in clinic,the retrieval rate was low,and many of them were left as permanent devices.IVCF can induce many complications,including filter deformation,incomplete opening,tilting,migration and fracture,as well as IVC perforation,stenosis and IVC occlusion.Some of the complications caused by IVCF may cause serious consequence,even death,such as IVCF migration to heart can cause arrhythmia and cardiac arrest.IVCF related complications have many imaging manifestations,whereas there are still some characteristics of each complication.Timely diagnosis based on qualified imaging information and effective treatment is the key to avoid serious complications.The imaging features and management strategies of IVCF related complications were reviewed in this article.
