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Retrieving a Tilted IVC Filter with Struts Penetrating the IVC

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This case illustrates retrieval of a suprarenal IVC filter which had tilted significantly with embedding of the filter struts into the caval wall.

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Allison, R.P. et al. (2014). Retrieving a Tilted IVC Filter with Struts Penetrating the IVC. In: Ratnam, L., Patel, U., Belli, A. (eds) Managing Common Interventional Radiology Complications. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5502-7_30

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