Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 5 , Pages 502-510 , May 2009

Audit of the use of IVC filters in the UK: experience from three centres over 12 years

  • C.J. Hammond

      Affiliations

    • Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: C. J. Hammond, Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, LEEDS LS1 3EX, UK. Tel.: +44 113 3923504; fax: +44 113 3923217.
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  • D.R. Bakshi

      Affiliations

    • Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK
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  • R.J. Currie

      Affiliations

    • Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK
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  • J.V. Patel

      Affiliations

    • Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK
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  • D. Kinsella

      Affiliations

    • Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK
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  • R.G. McWilliams

      Affiliations

    • Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK
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  • A. Watkinson

      Affiliations

    • Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK
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  • A.A. Nicholson

      Affiliations

    • Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK

Received 7 October 2008 ,Revised 19 January 2009 ,Accepted 22 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.01.009

Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 5 , Pages 502-510 , May 2009

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