The Elusive Evidence for Inferior Vena Cava Filters to Prevent Pulmonary Embolism

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¹ Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany; Department of Cardiology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece. Electronic address: stavros.konstantinides@unimedizin-mainz.de.

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Stavros V Konstantinides. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017.

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. 2017 Sep 26;70(13):1598-1600.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.08.005.

¹ Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany; Department of Cardiology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece. Electronic address: stavros.konstantinides@unimedizin-mainz.de.

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Keywords: mortality; patient management; prevention; recurrence; venous thromboembolism.

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Inferior Vena Cava Filters to Prevent Pulmonary Embolism: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Bikdeli B, Chatterjee S, Desai NR, Kirtane AJ, Desai MM, Bracken MB, Spencer FA, Monreal M, Goldhaber SZ, Krumholz HM. Bikdeli B, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Sep 26;70(13):1587-1597. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.07.775. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017. PMID: 28935036 Free PMC article.