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Article Review:

“Intracardiopulmonary
migration of IVC filters”

Leah Ham BA

This article consisted of a systematic review on reports of
intracardiopulmonary migration of IVC filters from Nov 2008 to
June 2024.
Data extracted included the cause of the migration, time of
migration, whether it was a fractured strut that migrated or the
entire filter, and patient outcomes, among other variables.
The researchers concluded that filter fracture was the most
common cause of these migrations; taking into account that the
median time post deployment that migrations occurred was four
years, weakening of the filter likely played a role.
Both prompt removal of temporary filters and innovations in
the materials used to make them should lead to a decrease in
filter fractures.

https://www.jvsvenous.org/article/S2213-333X(24)00429-3/fulltext

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