Severe Complications of Inferior Vena Cava Filters

So many people in the United States have awfully been suffering the losses and other damages caused due to an IVC filter implantation. Inferior vena cava filters are metal caged devices that have been designed for the purpose of helping people recover from blood clots. These filters are implanted in a person’s vein by the doctor to prevent the blood clot from reaching the lungs, which can otherwise prove to be fatal.

Well, there are two types of Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filters: Temporary and Permanent. The devices whether temporary or permanent are inserted into the largest vein, known as inferior vena cava, in the body to stop potentially fatal blood clots. While the permanent ones stay inside one’s body, the retrievable ones have been known to cause many severe IVC filter complications that have resulted in injuries, or even death of patients.

What are the complications, problems and risks of IVC filters?

These deadly IVC filter complications associated with blood clot filter implants have compelled many sufferers to file an IVC filter lawsuit against the manufactures of these devices: C.R. Bard and Cook Group.

Many reports have been brought into notice indicating that the IVC filter has fallen out of place or broke apart. The small metal devices, or pieces, move through the blood, moving on their way through a vein wall, and finally causing a severe damage to one’s internal organ.

If pieces of the IVC filter and migrate to vital organs, such as the heart, or lungs following maybe the symptoms:

• Heart Rhythm Problems
• Nausea
• Neck Pain
• Chest Pain
• Hypotension
• Shortness of Breath
• Lightheadedness
• Hemorrhaging or Internal Bleeding

And in severe cases, injuries can lead to:

• Pulmonary Embolism
• Stroke
• Severe Bleeding
• Death

The device, which we know by the name of "inferior vena cava filter", is a small device resembling a metal cage is surgically inserted into a patient’s vein. The function of this vein is to take blood back to the heart and lungs. IVC filter is a device that was introduced back in 1979, and its use has considerably been increased over the past many years.

There has been a subsequent rise in the cases of IVC filter injury caused due to the insertion of these metal filters. Perforation of a patient’s vital organs such as the heart and lungs has been occurring in a great number, and all this occurred where an IVC filter has broken, migrated and/or fractured.

Did you or your loved one suffer from an IVC filter complications injury?

You must not let time slip you by and look for a professional IVC filter lawsuit lawyer who can help you at every step of the way and advise whether or not you should take the case into the court of law. Don’t forget to speak with your doctor regarding the health condition. If you’ve been seriously injured or your loved one for that matter, a professional lawyer would discuss the facts with you about the case and advise how to file a lawsuit against the manufacturers.

As a matter of fact, many people already filed IVC Filter Lawsuits claiming that the manufacturers of IVC filters have not issued proper warnings about the possibility of risks associated with these unfortunate devices. They, instead, chose to continue to move forward with sales of Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filters.

Jeff Campbell is a lawyer by profession in a personal injury trial firm in Dallas, Texas. In his free time, he likes to surf net, write and publish content on the web related to legal services.