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Greenfield filter
(redirected from Inferior vena cava filter)

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Greenfield filter
Etymology: L. Greenfield, twentieth-century American surgeon
a filter placed in the inferior vena cava under fluoroscopic guidance. It is used in patients who are particularly vulnerable to pulmonary embolism, such as those diagnosed with deep venous thrombosis with contraindications to anticoagulation, to prevent venous emboli from entering the pulmonary circulation.

Greenfield filter
Filter umbrella Clinical medicine A vena caval filter for preventing PE, DVT. See Inferior vena caval filter.


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Caesarea, Israel where he developed a removable inferior vena cava filter along with its dedicated delivery and Retrieval systems; they are CE Mark approved and pending FDA IDE approval.
 
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