title: Migration of an endovascular stent from superior vena cava to the right ventricular outflow tract in a patient with superior vena cava syndrome.
abstract: Migration of endovascular stents is a rare problem but can be fatal. We report an unusual case of an endovascular stent in the right ventricular outflow tract, which migrated from superior vena cava in a patient with superior vena cava syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA. shyam.poludasu@downstate.edu
authors.forename: Shyam S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Poludasu
authors.forename: Pompeiu
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vladutiu
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lazar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000497:Alloys; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D020878:Device Removal; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; C013616:nitinol