Right ventricular migration of a recovery IVC filter's fractured wire with subsequent pericardial tamponade.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2006
Abstract
A Recovery filter (C.R. Bard, Tempe, AZ, USA) is a device for pulmonary embolism prophylaxis. There have been few case reports involving the migration of this particular filter or of a broken wire migrating to the heart. We report a case of right ventricular migration of a fractured wire from this filter in a patient who subsequently developed pericardial tamponade and required open heart surgery to extract the fractured wire. We discuss the current US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved nonpermanent inferior vena cava filters and their reported complications. These complications can be life-threatening and may require immediate surgical intervention.
Volume
29
Issue
4
First Page
685
Last Page
686
ISSN
0174-1551
Published In/Presented At
Saeed, I., Garcia, M., & McNicholas, K. (2006). Right ventricular migration of a recovery IVC filter's fractured wire with subsequent pericardial tamponade. Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 29(4), 685–686. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-005-0136-7
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
16604409
Department(s)
Fellows and Residents
Document Type
Article