Responses:
 
Yes. Your vena cava filter is placed inside the large
vein in your abdomen. The angioplasty will be done through the arteries. The
two will never be in contact.
Joe
Hansel, Columbia Terre Haute Regional Hospital, Terre
Haute, Indiana, USA, March 23, 2000
 
I'm currently waiting
to set up an appointment to have the Vena Cava Filter put in. I would appreciate
if someone could tell me how this procedure helped them, also is there a site
on the web that I can go to, to read up on it some more. I have Hyper Tension
Pulmonary Disease which require me to use Oxygen 24 hours a day, and after this
procedure is done, Columbia University is going to start treatment with some
new medication that was just approved by the FDA. I'm looking forward to finally
after two years of many tests that I'm finally going to start some kind of treatment.
Edward
Cunha, , Hopatcong, New Jersey, 24 Nov 2001
 
 
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