Safety and Outcomes of Permanent and Retrievable Inferior Vena Cava Filters in the Oncology Population.

Conclusions: The role for IVC filters in cancer patients remains unclear as recurrent VTE is common and time from filter placement to death is short. Filter placement is costly and has a clinically significant complication rate, especially for retrievable filters. More data from prospective, randomized trials are needed to determine the utility of IVC filters in cancer patients. PMID: 32089887 [PubMed]
Source: International Journal of Vascular Medicine - Category: Cardiology Tags: Int J Vasc Med Source Type: research