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Vena Cava Filters

"Vena Cava Filters" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Mechanical devices inserted in the inferior vena cava that prevent the migration of blood clots from deep venous thrombosis of the leg.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Vena Cava Filters" by people in this website by year, and whether "Vena Cava Filters" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 46 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2013 and 2017 and 2018 and 2019
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