title: Migration of inferior vena cava stent into right ventricle: two- and three-dimensional echocardiographic imaging.
abstract: Right ventricular migration of a systemic venous stent is a rare complication. We present a case of stent migration in a 65-year-old male who underwent palliative intervention for inferior vena cava compression secondary to malignant mesothelioma. Two- and three-dimensional echocardiographic images revealed evidence of a free-stent trapped in the tricuspid valvular apparatus causing severe tricuspid regurgitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland. byrne@dhm.mhn.de
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Byrne
authors.forename: Darren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mylotte
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nash
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*