Therapeutic balloon occlusion of the inferior vena cava
J. A. Hunter, R. Sessions and J. Petasnick
Thirty-five patients with venous thromboembolism and indication for
inferior vena cava (IVC) interruption were treated by experimental balloon
occlusion. Experience with this group resulted in the development of a
method and equipment to allow transjugular obstruction of the IVC in the
awake patient receiving anticoagulants. The study showed that the new
method is atraumatic even when applied to sick patients, that it permits
simultaneous treatment with anticoagulants and venous occlusion, and that
long-term results (to more than four years) are excellent.
