Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 367-374 , March 2010

Toward an Optimal Position for Inferior Vena Cava Filters: Computational Modeling of the Impact of Renal Vein Inflow with Celect and TrapEase Filters

  • Stephen L. Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center, Santa Clara, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to S.L.W., Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center, 700 Lawrence Expwy., Santa Clara, CA 95051
    • ,
  • Michael A. Singer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Applied Scientific Computing, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California

Received 16 July 2009 ,Revised 28 October 2009 ,Accepted 11 November 2009.

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 Computer time on the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Yana cluster was provided under Livermore Computing's Multiprogrammatic and Institutional Computing Initiative. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security for the United States Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, under Contract DEAC5207NA27344.

 Neither author has identified a conflict of interest.

PII: S1051-0443(09)01145-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.11.013

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 367-374 , March 2010

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