title: Migration of an inferior vena cava filter to the right ventricle and literature review.
abstract: Migration of an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter to the heart after placement is an extremely rare complication. The case of a 42-year-old man who presented with ventricular arrhythmia and tricuspid valve regurgitation, and underwent open heart surgery to extract an IVC filter from the right ventricle 12 days after infrarenal IVC filter placement, is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44109-1998, USA.
authors.forename: Hironori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Izutani
authors.forename: Omosalewa
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lalude
authors.forename: Inderjit S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: Lee A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Biblo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D002404:Catheterization; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000009:adverse effects*