In-Hospital Mortality Benefit of Inferior Vena Cava Filters in Patients With Pulmonary Embolism and Congestive Heart Failure

Abstract

A lower all-cause mortality rate was observed in patients with CHF and PE who received an IVC filter while hospitalized. In the absence of data from randomized controlled trials, this study suggests that IVC filters could help prevent in-hospital death among patients admitted with PE and CHF.