Techniques for Retrieval of Permanent Inferior Vena Cava Filters

Cayce S. Workman; Robert J. Lewandowski; Kush R. Desai

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1602597

Seminars in Interventional Radiology, Table of Contents

Semin intervent Radiol 2017; 34(02): 208-212
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1602597

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Techniques for Retrieval of Permanent Inferior Vena Cava Filters

Cayce S. Workman

¹Section of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

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Robert J. Lewandowski

¹Section of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

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Kush R. Desai

¹Section of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

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