title: Misplaced Greenfield filter: diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: A case of accidental placement of a Greenfield filter in the right atrium is described. Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated the filter but was unable to provide details regarding the exact location of the filter. Transesophageal echocardiography showed the filter to be fixed to the tricuspid anulus. This finding, which was confirmed during surgery, was used to guide the subsequent surgical management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New York, NY 10010.
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Dorsa
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Gindea
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kralik
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Tice
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016306:Vena Cava Filters