Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 11 , Pages 1441-1448 , November 2009

Short- and Long-term Retrievability of the Celect Vena Cava Filter: Results from a Multi-institutional Registry

  • Stuart M. Lyon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Guillermo Elizondo Riojas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitario Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey
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  • Raman Uberoi, MRCP, FRCR

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
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  • Jai Patel, MRCP, FRCR

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust, Leeds
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  • Mario Enrique Baltazares Lipp, MD

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico
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  • Graham R. Plant, MBBS, FRCR

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Radiology, North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke, United Kingdom
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  • Miguel A. De Gregorio, MD

      Affiliations

    • Interventional Radiology Department, Hospital Clinico Universitario Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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  • Rolf W. Günther, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Universitaetsklinikum der RWTH-Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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  • William D. Voorhees, PhD

      Affiliations

    • MED Institute, 1 Geddes Way, West Lafayette, IN 47906
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  • Jennifer A. McCann-Brown, PhD

      Affiliations

    • MED Institute, 1 Geddes Way, West Lafayette, IN 47906
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to J.A.M.B.

Received 24 November 2008 ,Revised 21 July 2009 ,Accepted 27 July 2009.

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 This study was sponsored by Cook (Bloomington, Indiana). W.D.V. and J.A.M.B. are employees of Cook MED Institute. R.W.G. has a royalty agreement with Cook. None of the other authors have identified a conflict of interest.

PII: S1051-0443(09)00816-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.07.038

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 11 , Pages 1441-1448 , November 2009

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