The diameter of the inferior vena cava and its implications for the use of vena caval filters. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Inferior vena caval diameters were measured in 65 patients with Kimray-Greenfield (KG) inferior vena caval filters. The measurements were made at the distal tips of the filter tines on postplacement radiographs. Magnification corrections were made using the filter tine lengths as references. The overall mean diameter was 20 mm, the range was 13 to 30 mm, and the standard deviation was 3 mm. Two cavae (3%) were more than 28 mm in diameter. A previous in vitro study has shown that in venae cavae of this size there is a significant risk of reduced clot-capturing ability with the KG filter and migration with the Mobin-Uddin filter. Thus it is important to evaluate vena caval diameter by cavography prior to filter placement.

publication date

  • December 1, 1983

Research

keywords

  • Filtration
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Vena Cava, Inferior

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0021082907

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1148/radiology.149.3.6647844

PubMed ID

  • 6647844

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 149

issue

  • 3