title: [Proximal migration of a caval filter. Apropos of a case].
abstract: We are reporting of proximal migration, intracardiac, of a percutaneous caval filter (LEM type), resulting in the death of the patient. It is a true, early (1st week) migration after accurate positioning, opposite L4, and not an incident of insertion.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie A, CHRU, Rennes.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pouillaud
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ollitrault
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paillard
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Biron
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gouffault
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006440:Hemofiltration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior
vernacular_title: Migration proximale d'un filtre cave (LEM). A propos d'une observation.