Endovascular therapy for acute severe pulmonary embolism

QA Javed, AK Sista - The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging, 2019 - Springer
Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a major public health problem and accounts for 100,000–
180,000 deaths per year in the United States. Current prognostic stratification separates …

Usefulness of inferior vena cava filters in unstable patients with acute pulmonary embolism and patients who underwent pulmonary embolectomy

PD Stein, F Matta, FR Lawrence, MJ Hughes - The American Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Administrative data were analyzed from the Premier Healthcare Database, 2010 to 2014, to
assess whether inferior vena cava (IVC) filters reduce mortality in unstable patients (in shock …

[HTML][HTML] Prevention of venous thromboembolism in individuals with spinal cord injury: clinical practice guidelines for health care providers

PCI Statements - Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The high incidence, insidious onset, potentially lethal consequences, and clinically
important long-term implications of venous thromboembolism (VTE) make it a leading cause …

Evaluation of a device combining an inferior vena cava filter and a central venous catheter for preventing pulmonary embolism among critically ill trauma patients

VF Tapson, JP Hazelton, J Myers, C Robertson… - Journal of Vascular and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate efficacy and safety of a novel device that combines an inferior vena
cava (IVC) filter and central venous catheter (CVC) for prevention of pulmonary embolism …

Guidelines for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients with pelvi-acetabular trauma

S Aggarwal, S Patel, S Vashisht, V Kumar… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Venous thromboembolism is a dreaded complication leading to increased
morbidity and mortality in patients having pelvi-acetabular fractures. Objectives These …

Risk-adapted management of pulmonary embolism

S Barco, SV Konstantinides - Thrombosis research, 2017 - Elsevier
The presence and severity of right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is a key determinant of
prognosis in the acute phase of pulmonary embolism (PE). Risk-adapted treatment …

Steady flow in a patient-averaged inferior vena cava—Part I: Particle image velocimetry measurements at rest and exercise conditions

MB Gallagher, KI Aycock, BA Craven… - Cardiovascular …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Although many previous computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies have
investigated the hemodynamics in the inferior vena cava (IVC), few studies have compared …

Impact of physician education and a dedicated inferior vena cava filter tracking system on inferior vena cava filter use and retrieval rates across a large US health care …

SL Wang, HHA Cha, JR Lin, F Bolanos… - Journal of Vascular and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate the effects of physician familiarity with current evidence and guidelines
on inferior vena cava (IVC) filter use and the availability of IVC filter tracking infrastructure on …

Recurrent venous thromboembolism

HR Mount, M Rich, MS Putnam - American Family Physician, 2022 - aafp.org
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) recurrence rates are three times higher in patients with
chronic or no risk factors compared with those who have transient risk factors after stopping …

Prevalence and predictors of renal disease in a national representative sample of the Romanian adult population: data from the SEPHAR IV Survey

C Pop, OF Gheorghe Fronea, IA Branea, LM Itu… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) correlates with the
prevalence of hypertension (HT). We studied the prevalence and predictors of CKD in a …