[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.
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.