Right ventricular foreign body: percutaneous transvenous retrieval of a Greenfield filter from the right ventricle--a case report.
A 55-year-old man suffered head injury during a motor vehicle accident. He underwent a prophylactic inferior vena cava Greenfield filter placement. The filter migrated and lodged in the right ventricle at the level of the tricuspid valve. Successful percutaneous, transvenous retrieval of the Greenfield filter from the right ventricle was carried out.
Arjomand
Heidar
H
From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. harjomand@pol.net
Surabhi
Satish
S
Wolf
Nelson M
NM
D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral; D020878:Device Removal; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000009:adverse effects*