Multicenter Trial of the VenaTech Convertible Vena Cava Filter
Hohenwalter EJ, Stone JR, O’Moore P, Smith SJ, Selby JB, Lewandowski RJ, Samuels S, Kiproff PM, Trost DW, Madoff DC, Handel J, Gandras EJ, Vlahos A, Rilling WS. Multicenter Trial of the VenaTech Convertible Vena Cava Filter. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2017, 28: 1353-1362. PMID: 28821379, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2017.06.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVena cava filtersCava filtersDevice-related adverse eventsHigh-risk traumaAdverse event ratesSingle-arm studyFailure of anticoagulationTechnical success rateLong-term safetyConverted patientsAdverse eventsPulmonary embolismSurgical prophylaxisVenous thromboembolismMulticenter trialCaval filtersRight atriumSurgical removalClinical assessmentProcedure timePatientsEvent ratesMean timeSuccess rateMonths