Dr. Riyaz Bashir and Research Team Examine Use of IVC Filters in Patients Prior to Bariatric Surgery

Riyaz Bashir, MD, FACC, RVT, Professor of Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Director of Vascular and Endovascular Medicine at Temple University Hospital, led a research team that compared outcomes associated with patients receiving prophylactic inferior vena cava filters (IVCFs) prior to bariatric surgery to those who didn’t receive IVCFs. The study was published online in the journal JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. MedPage Today, Medical Xpress and Bariatric News reported on the findings.