[Migration of an Antheor filter in the pulmonary artery. A case].
Migration of an Antheor caval filter into the pulmonary artery was observed in a 66-year old male patient referred for multifocal pulmonary embolism in a context of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. The inferior vena cava was of small diameter (18 mm). The filter was removed under cardio-pulmonary bypass and total heparinization, despite the proven thrombocytopenia. The postoperative period was marked by tamponade which had to be drained. The long-term results were satisfactory. This seems to be the first documented case of Antheor caval filter migration into the cardiac cavities.
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Service de Chirurgie thoracique et cardiovasculaire, Clinique St Martin, Caen.
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D000368:Aged; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000009:adverse effects*
Migration d'un filtre Anthéor dans l'artère pulmonaire. Une observation.