title: Emergency retrieval of a G2 filter after complete migration into the right ventricle.
abstract: A G2 inferior vena cava filter migrated completely into the right ventricle, resulting in chest pain, ventricular tachycardia, and hypotension in a 63-year-old man. Due to the filter's position, the patient was at high risk for further life-threatening cardiopulmonary complications. Percutaneous filter retrieval was successfully performed as a less-invasive alternative to open cardiothoracic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr, H-3651, Stanford, CA 94305-5642, USA. wkuo@stanford.edu
authors.forename: William T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Christopher T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Loh
authors.forename: Daniel Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Sze
mesh_terms: D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*