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Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volume 68, October 2020, Pages 95-97
Annals of Vascular Surgery

COVID 19
Inferior Vena Cava Filter in a Patient with COVID-19 Pneumonia to Prevent a Massive Pulmonary Embolism

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COVID 19 predispose to deep vein thrombosis. We describe an early placement of inferior vena cava filter added to the therapeutic anticoagulation to prevent a massive pulmonary embolism.

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Declaration of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Authors' contributions: TC and SB contributed conception and design of the study. FDC and RV supervised the project. CS wrote sections of the article. PB, GV, FG, and GC contributed to manuscript revision, and read and approved the submitted version.

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