First Experience of IVC Filter Use in Al-Shaheed Ghazi AlHariri Hospital for Surgical Specialties in Baghdad, Iraq

Abstract

thromboembolism of vein, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) besides its main problem pulmonary embolism (PE) disturbs 1 to 2 /1000 yearly, and it is a foremost cause of avoidable hospital mortality in the United States. Although DVT is approximately two times as frequently as PE, the death rate of PE in one month is dual that of DVT.