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CASE REPORT article

Front. Cardiovasc. Med.
Sec. Atherosclerosis and Vascular Medicine
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1520836

Chronic IVC occlusion caused by unopened converted filter

Provisionally accepted
Shi Sheng Shi Sheng *Yiqing Li Yiqing Li
  • Department of Vascular Surgery, Wuhan Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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    The VenaTech Convertible vena cava filter (VCTF) is a convertible filter designed for insertion into the IVC(IVC) to prevent severe lethal PE. Once its retrieval hook is removed, its filtering legs theoretically expand naturally to form a stent-like structure for long-term residency in the human body. However, in clinical practice, the filtering legs do not always completely expand, and the long-term effects on patients are not yet specifically studied. This report presents a case of a male patient with thrombophilia whose VCTF failed to expand completely after conversion, leading to occlusion of the IVC and inducing acute deep vein thrombosis of the lower limbs, accompanied by a relevant literature review.

    Keywords: Inferion vena cava, Deep venous thrombolism, VenaTech convertible filter, Pulmonary embolism - diagnosis, percutaneous mechanic thrombectomy

    Received: 31 Oct 2024; Accepted: 18 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Sheng and Li. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Shi Sheng, Department of Vascular Surgery, Wuhan Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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