Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Prophylactic inferior vena cava filter placement declined in the United States from 2005 to 2014, but rates ...

(HealthDay)—The rates of inferior vena cava (IVC) filter placement increased from 2005 until 2010 and then decreased through 2014, according to a research letter published online Nov. 6 in JAMA ...

The treatment of choice for proximal venous thrombosis is anticoagulation. In situations where anticoagulation is absolutely contraindicated or when anticoagulation has failed in the face of an acute ...

Vena cava filters may have “limited utility” in affecting pulmonary embolism (PE) rates—something many in the field have been arguing for years—according to authors of a new registry study, who ...

Effect of tolfenamic acid on ovarian cancer cell growth, targeting of specificity protein transcription factors, and expression of c-Met and survivin. Background: Venous thrombosis is a frequent ...

One venous puncture, rather than two, is a safe and effective approach to intravascular ultrasound-guided inferior vena cava filter placement in critically-ill patients, a new study shows. Inferior ...

Inferior vena cava filters have emerged as a popular tool to reduce risk for pulmonary embolism. Nevertheless, their use can be a polarizing issue among physicians. “Many physicians would say that ...

Does insertion of an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter in trauma patients save lives? The authors used data from the state of Michigan to examine usage rates for IVC filters and overall mortality in ...

Placement of a prophylactic inferior vena cava (IVC) filter pares the rate of overall and fatal pulmonary embolism without exposing trauma patients to a higher risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or ...

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. Neiman ...