Single-Center Experience Using the Inari FlowTriever for Mechanical Thrombectomy of Extrapulmonary Thrombosis: A Case Series

Achintya Patel; Adam Weekley; Alexey Goloubev; Michael Markovitz; Glenn Hoots

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1770146

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR 2023; 07(03): 218-221
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1770146

Case Series

Single-Center Experience Using the Inari FlowTriever for Mechanical Thrombectomy of Extrapulmonary Thrombosis: A Case Series

Achintya Patel

¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States

²Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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Adam Weekley

¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States

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Alexey Goloubev

³Department of Radiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States

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Michael Markovitz

³Department of Radiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States

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Glenn Hoots

³Department of Radiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States

⁴Florida Interventional Specialists, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, United States

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Abstract

The FlowTriever Gen 1 System (Inari Medical, Irvine, California, United States) is a mechanical thrombectomy device designed to extract thrombus from the pulmonary arteries, but is U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved for use in any artery or vein. From 2019 to 2020, three consecutive patients with extrapulmonary thrombosis involving the inferior vena cava (IVC), renal, gonadal, and femoropopliteal veins were treated with the device. The FlowTriever large-bore aspiration catheter was partially successful in removing IVC, renal and lower extremity vein thrombus. Zero major or minor adverse events occurred. Several technical and therapeutic insights were gained from this preliminary experience.

Keywords

mechanical thrombectomy - venous thrombus

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