image: Wikimedia Inferior Vena Cava Filters: What's the Harm? Do inferior vena cava filters actually create more harm than health? That's the provocative question being posed by authors and editorialists in JAMA Internal Medicine. Inferior vena cava filters are frequently placed after a pulmonary embolism (PE) or deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in patients with a contraindication to anticoagulants -- most often, active or recent bleeding. They're also often placed as prophylaxis in DVT-free patients considered high risk, although experts disagree on the advisability of this practice.
Inferior vena cava filters: debatable benefit; rarely removed
Inferior vena cava filters: debatable…
Inferior vena cava filters: debatable benefit; rarely removed
image: Wikimedia Inferior Vena Cava Filters: What's the Harm? Do inferior vena cava filters actually create more harm than health? That's the provocative question being posed by authors and editorialists in JAMA Internal Medicine. Inferior vena cava filters are frequently placed after a pulmonary embolism (PE) or deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in patients with a contraindication to anticoagulants -- most often, active or recent bleeding. They're also often placed as prophylaxis in DVT-free patients considered high risk, although experts disagree on the advisability of this practice.