Over the next few weeks, the painful area became a bulge, and on June 17, Brand put pressure on it. Unexpectedly, the ...

In situations where anticoagulation is absolutely contraindicated or when anticoagulation has failed in the face of an acute proximal venous thrombosis, placement of an IVC filter has been ...

Optional vena cava filters can used to provide either short-term or permanent protection from pulmonary embolism. These devices have recently become available for clinical use in the United States.

A blood clot is a lump of blood that can form in various body parts, including the legs, arms, lungs or heart. These clots ...

The filter anchors itself to the wall of the IVC to trap blood clots before they reach the heart while still allowing blood ...

It was only after extensive imaging that her doctors realized what had happened: A medical device that had been implanted in her two years earlier to catch blood clots had broken and was now ...