Migration of an inferior vena cava filter to the right ventricle and literature review

Hironori Izutani; Omosalewa Lalude; Inderjit S Gill; Lee A Biblo

Migration of an inferior vena cava filter to the right ventricle and literature review

Can J Cardiol. 2004 Feb;20(2):233-5.

Authors

Hironori Izutani¹, Omosalewa Lalude, Inderjit S Gill, Lee A Biblo

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44109-1998, USA.

PMID: 15010749

Abstract

Migration of an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter to the heart after placement is an extremely rare complication. The case of a 42-year-old man who presented with ventricular arrhythmia and tricuspid valve regurgitation, and underwent open heart surgery to extract an IVC filter from the right ventricle 12 days after infrarenal IVC filter placement, is reported.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Catheterization
Equipment Safety
Fluoroscopy
Foreign-Body Migration / diagnosis
Foreign-Body Migration / etiology*
Foreign-Body Migration / surgery
Heart Ventricles / pathology
Heart Ventricles / surgery
Humans
Male
Reoperation
Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis
Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology
Tachycardia, Ventricular / surgery
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / diagnosis
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / etiology
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / surgery
Vena Cava Filters / adverse effects*