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 Dr. A.Q.M Reza, Consultant – Cardiology of Apollo Hospitals Dhaka, and his team has successfully implanted a IVC Filter in a 43-year old female patient for the first time at Apollo on June 1, 2010. The patient was suffering from of massive pulmonary embolism, which was managed by Surgical Embolectomy.
IVC (inferior vena cava) filter, a type of vascular filter, is a medical device that is implanted into the inferior vena cava to prevent fatal pulmonary embolism (PE). Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage of the main artery of the lung or one of its branches by a substance that has travelled from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream (embolism). Usually this is due to embolism of a thrombus (blood clot) from the deep veins in the legs, a process termed venous thromboembolism. A small proportion is due to the embolization of air, fat or amniotic fluid. The obstruction of the blood flow through the lungs and the resultant pressure on the right ventricle of the heart leads to the symptoms and signs of PE. |
