title: Retrieval of Greenfield filter from the right atrium.
abstract: A Greenfield prematurely discharged in the right atrium (tricuspid valve) was retrieved by double snare technique with minimal modification (shortening) of the carrier through the initial internal jugular venotomy incision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Sadighi
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Frost
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D014261:Tricuspid Valve; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D016306:Vena Cava Filters