title: Successful percutaneous retrieval of an inferior vena cava filter migrating to the right ventricle in a bariatric patient.
abstract: The use of an inferior vena cava filter has an important role in the management of patients who are at high risk for development of pulmonary embolism. Migration is a rare but known complication of inferior vena cava filter placement. We herein describe a case of a prophylactic retrievable vena cava filter migrating to the right ventricle in a bariatric patient. The filter was retrieved percutaneously by transjugular approach and the patient did well postoperatively. A review of the current literature is given.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, The University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Jula
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Veerapong
authors.forename: Carl Magnus
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Wahlgren
authors.forename: Neeraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jolly
authors.forename: Hisham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bassiouny
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D020878:Device Removal; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery; D010690:Phlebography; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016306:Vena Cava Filters
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media