Despite clinical trial data showing inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are ineffective for reducing mortality following deep vein thrombosis (DVT), as well as guideline recommendations against their use ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Overuse of inferior vena cava filters is not as much of a problem as it used to be, but ...

The latest study to tackle the safety and efficacy of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters—this time in trauma patients—has found no benefit of device insertion in reducing symptomatic pulmonary embolism ...

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 ...

Use of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters appears to offer no mortality benefit — and may confer a mortality risk — in older adults with pulmonary embolism (PE), a study has shown. The results of the ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters had mixed results against cancer-related venous thromboembolism (VTE) in studies presented here. In a population-based analysis of more than 90,000 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Costs of inferior vena cava filter removal vary greatly, and almost all centers that perform ...

Humana Inc. today announced research findings that suggest inferior vena cava (IVC) filters may be overused in managed care populations, and that filters may not always be removed after they are no ...

Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are widely used in patients who cannot take blood thinners. The IVC is the largest vein in the body, running from the legs to the chest. IVC filters keep blood clots ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On January 6, Cook announced that the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana vacated in its entirety a February 1, 2019, judgment against ...

Two medical device companies that were hit last month with a $33 million verdict over their allegedly defective blood filter devices are seeking to have the award overturned. Rex Medical and Argon ...

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