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vena-tech ivc filter (medicine)


vena-tech ivc filter
<radiology> Introduced as LGM (L.G. Medical, France), 1985; FDA aprroval 1991: Vena-Tech, Evanston, IL, 6-leg conical design with 6 stabilizing side bars, biocompatible metal known as Phynox (cobalt,chromium,iron,nickel,moly) Efficacy, recurrent PE: 2-6%, IVC occlusion: 8-24%, migration: 0-12% Advantages, ease of placement, excellent clot trapping Efficiency, low profile, lacks ferromagnetic activity: minimal MRI artifacts Disadvantages, incomplete opening (6-19%): decreases clot-trapping Efficiency, increased incidence from IJ approach, decreased with rapid deployment, increased IVC thrombosis rates: 8% initial reports; 22-24% on subsequent reports by ultrasound/MRI: 2-19% clinically symptomatic


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potence noun2. LME.
[Old & mod. French = crutch, (mod.) gallows from Latin potentia: see POTENCE noun1, cf. POTENT noun1 & adjective1.]
A crutch. Also, a heraldic device shaped like the crosspiece of a crutch. Cf. POTENT noun1 3. LME-L15.
A cross; a gibbet. L15-M19.
Horology. A piece fastened to a plate of a clock or watch to form the lower pivot of the spindle. L17.
Hist. A military formation in which a line is thrown out at right angles to the main body. M18.
Hist. A revolving post with a ladder, used for collecting eggs in a dovecote. L19.