title: A novel technique to prevent displacement of inferior vena cava filter during cardiac catheterization with subsequent transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale in a patient with cryptogenic shock.
abstract: We describe a novel technique to prevent displacement of a previously implanted inferior vena cava filter in a patient with cryptogenic stroke who underwent transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale. This technique may be of use to patients with cryptogenic stroke who might benefit from transcatheter closure of their patent foramen ovale but would otherwise not be candidates for the procedure because of risk of dislodgement of previously implanted inferior vena cava filter.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, Kosair Children's Hospital, KY 40202-3830, USA. mitch.recto@louisville.edu
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Recto
authors.forename: Walter L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Sobczyk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D004452:Echocardiography; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D016306:Vena Cava Filters