Tricuspid insufficiency after intracardiac migration of a Greenfield filter: case report and review of the literature.
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.
James
K V
KV
Department of Surgery, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA.
Sobolewski
A P
AP
Lohr
J M
JM
Welling
R E
RE
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*