[Implantation of vena cava filters in acute pulmonary embolism]. / Zur Implantation von Vena-cava-Filtern bei akuten Lungenembolien.

The long-term results of 222 patients (pts) with transvenously implanted vena cava filters are critically reviewed. A total of 98 pts were given a Mobin-Uddin filter, 102 pts a Günther filter, and 16 pts a LGM filter. Among the serious complications observed during long-term follow-up were vena cava occlusions and increasing symptoms ranging from congestion of the deep leg veins, perforations into ureters, fractures and embolizations of the filters in up to 40% of the patients, if Günther filters were implanted.

[Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the internal iliac artery]. / Perkutane transluminale Angioplastie (PTA) der Arteria iliaca interna.

Report on the successful therapy of an erectile impotence by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the internal iliac artery in a patient with arterial obliteration.