Right ventricular migration of a recovery IVC filter's fractured wire with subsequent pericardial tamponade.
A Recovery filter (C.R. Bard, Tempe, AZ, USA) is a device for pulmonary embolism prophylaxis. There have been few case reports involving the migration of this particular filter or of a broken wire migrating to the heart. We report a case of right ventricular migration of a fractured wire from this filter in a patient who subsequently developed pericardial tamponade and required open heart surgery to extract the fractured wire. We discuss the current US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved nonpermanent inferior vena cava filters and their reported complications. These complications can be life-threatening and may require immediate surgical intervention.
Saeed
Imran
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MAP 2, Suite 2121, Christiana Hospital, 4745 Ogletown-Stanton Road, Newark, DE 19713, USA. isaeed@christianacare.org
Garcia
Mark
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McNicholas
Kathleen
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D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000009:adverse effects*