Transvenous retrieval of a Greenfield filter lodged in the tricuspid valve.
A 77-year-old man had an inferior vena cava Greenfield filter placed for bilateral deep venous thrombosis acquired during a complicated hospitalization for a hip fracture. The filter migrated and lodged at the level of the tricuspid valve. We describe a transvenous retrieval approach which is safer and performed under more controlled technique than previously reported.
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Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York 14642-8648, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000009:adverse effects*