From: Spanish multicenter real – life registry of retrievable vena cava filters (REFiVeC)
Indications | Direct cause | n | N | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Prevention in high risk patients with DVT | - EP massive treated with fibrinolysis o thrombectomy | 54 | 120 | 33,7 |
- Iliofemoral DVT | 49 | |||
- COPD + DVT | 17 | |||
Contraindication for anticoagulation | - Recente bleeding | 104 | 188 | 52,8 |
- Recent surgery | 42 | |||
- Brain tumor /Recent stroke | 27 | |||
- Severe trauma | 15 | |||
Recurrence of pulmonary embolism while receiving anticoagulation | 48 | 13,4 |