title: Inferior vena cava filter migration to the heart.
abstract: Inferior vena cava filters are considered the therapeutic modality for treatment of deep venous thrombosis in patients who are not candidates for anticoagulation therapy. Filter migration to the heart is a rare but serious complication. In this report we present two cases of Inferior vena cava filters that migrated to the heart and how they were managed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA. emaminia@gmail.com
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Emaminia
authors.forename: Lynn M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Fedoruk
authors.forename: Klaus D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Hagspiel
authors.forename: Ugur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bozlar
authors.forename: Irving L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Kron
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006321:Heart; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000009:adverse effects*