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  • Title: Temporary vena cava filters do not always protect from fatal pulmonary embolism.
    Author: Bucek RA, Maca T, Ahmadi R, Minar E.
    Journal: Vasa; 2000 Nov; 29(4):292-4. PubMed ID: 11141656.
    Abstract:
    We describe the case of a young woman who developed fatal pulmonary embolism during thrombolytic therapy of a deep pelvic and leg vein thrombosis, despite the insertion of a temporary vena cava filter. So the opinion that the insertion of inferior vena cava filters always prevents lethal pulmonary embolism caused by thrombi of the deep vein system must be revised.
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