HOLLYWOOD, FL—For patients at risk of pulmonary embolism (PE), a new type of inferior vena cava (IVC) filter may resolve issues inherent to earlier models by neither remaining in place nor needing to ...

Retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are often left in place despite US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommendations that they be removed when they are no longer needed. Now research is ...

(HealthDay)—For patients with acute, symptomatic pulmonary embolism, the use of retrievable vena cava filters with anticoagulation does not offer any benefit over anticoagulation alone, according to a ...

If you have had a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), you may worry about having another life-threatening clot. People who’ve had a DVT and can’t take blood-thinning medications have another option to prevent ...

Vena cava filters may prevent blood clots in your veins from reaching your lungs. They may be permanent, long-term solutions or temporary screens that may be removed after a few weeks or months. The ...

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that the use of Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters for the prevention and treatment of venous thrombotic events (VTE) may result ...