A misplaced caval filter: its removal from the heart without cardiopulmonary bypass.
Placement of metallic filters into the inferior vena cava for the prevention of pulmonary embolism has become a popular procedure that has reportedly little morbidity. The present case describes the misplacement of a Kim-Ray Greenfield filter into the right atrium and the subsequent successful removal of the device without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass.
D000328:Adult; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D005374:Filtration / Q000295:instrumentation; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006321:Heart; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery*