Emergency retrieval of a G2 filter after complete migration into the right ventricle

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2007 Sep;18(9):1177-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.06.006.

Abstract

A G2 inferior vena cava filter migrated completely into the right ventricle, resulting in chest pain, ventricular tachycardia, and hypotension in a 63-year-old man. Due to the filter's position, the patient was at high risk for further life-threatening cardiopulmonary complications. Percutaneous filter retrieval was successfully performed as a less-invasive alternative to open cardiothoracic surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Emergency Medical Services / methods*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign-Body Migration / etiology*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vena Cava Filters / adverse effects*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnostic imaging
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / etiology*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / surgery*