title: Tricuspid insufficiency after intracardiac migration of a Greenfield filter: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We report the only known case of intracardiac vena cava filter migration resulting in valvular dysfunction. Echocardiographic evaluation documented the filter stenting open the tricuspid valve, with wide-open regurgitation. This case, as well as 22 cases of filter migration reported in the English literature, are used as a background to review prevention and treatment strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA.
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Sobolewski
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lohr
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Welling
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000009:adverse effects*