Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the patients.
| Case | Age/Sex | Filter type | Indwell time (d) | Potential risk factor for DVT | Radiographic findings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30/F | Optease | 41 | Pregnancy | Filter struts adherent to IVC, |
| 2 | 47/M | Optease | 27 | Recent major surgery | Filter struts adherent to IVC |
| 3 | 41/F | Optease | 52 | Recent major surgery | Filter struts adherent to IVC |
| 4 | 44/F | Aegisy | 26 | Spontaneous | Filter struts adherent to IVC, Acute on chronic IVC thrombosis |
| 5 | 46/M | Optease | 39 | Recent major surgery | Filter struts adherent to IVC |
| 6 | 55/M | Optease | 67 | Spontaneous | Filter struts adherent to IVC |
| 7 | 30/M | Optease | 44 | Limb trauma | Filter struts adherent to IVC, Left leg thrombosis and right common iliac aneurysms and retroperitoneum hemorrhage |
| 8 | 39/M | Aegisy | 52 | Recent major surgery | Filter struts adherent to IVC |
| 9 | 47/F | Optease | 28 | Spontaneous | Filter struts adherent to IVC Acute on chronic IVC thrombosis |
| 10 | 55/M | Aegisy | 39 | Immobilization | Filter struts adherent to IVC, Left iliac venous stenosis |
| 11 | 51/F | Optease | 61 | Thrombophilia | Filter struts adherent to IVC |
| 12 | 36/M | Optease | 42 | Thrombophilia | Filter struts adherent to IVC |
| 13 | 32/F | Optease | 51 | Spontaneous | Filter struts adherent to IVC |
| 14 | 59/M | Optease | 66 | Immobilization | Filter struts adherent to IVC Left iliac venous stenosis |
| 15 | 49/M | Aegisy | 64 | History of DVT | Filter struts adherent to IVC |
IVC – inferior vena cava; DVT – deep venous thrombosis.