title: Fractured inferior vena cava filter strut presenting as a penetrating foreign body in the right ventricle: report of a case.
abstract: Migration of a fractured strut of an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter to the heart is a rare complication. We report the case of a 40-year-old woman who had this complication eight months after infrarenal IVC filter placement. She presented with chest pain. The broken arm of the IVC filter had migrated to the heart and penetrated the free wall of the right ventricle. It was removed successfully by cardiac surgery without the aid of cardiopulmonary bypass.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California 95817, USA. sankar.kumar@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: S Prathap
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahtabifard
authors.forename: J Nilas
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery