title: Right ventricular migration and endovascular removal of an inferior vena cava filter.
abstract: A G2 inferior vena cava (IVC) filter was discovered in the right ventricle of an asymptomatic patient 3 months after placement. The present report describes an endovascular approach to remove the filter with use of two 35-mm Amplatz Goose Neck snares while the patient's cardiac rhythm was monitored and controlled by a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
authors.forename: James T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Bui
authors.forename: Derek L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gramling-Babb
authors.forename: Charles A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Owens
mesh_terms: D020878:Device Removal / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000009:adverse effects*