Fracture and embolization of an inferior vena cava filter strut leading to cardiac tamponade

Circulation. 2009 May 12;119(18):2535-6. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.817247.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Tamponade / etiology*
  • Cardiac Tamponade / surgery
  • Embolism / diagnostic imaging
  • Embolism / etiology*
  • Embolism / surgery
  • Female
  • Foreign-Body Migration / complications*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign-Body Migration / surgery
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pyrrolidinones
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vena Cava Filters / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Pyrrolidinones
  • EK 17