Fracture and embolization of an inferior vena cava filter strut leading to cardiac tamponade.
Rogers
Nicholas A
NA
Departments of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75390-9047, USA.
Nguyen
Lynn
L
Minniefield
Nicole E
NE
Jessen
Michael E
ME
de Lemos
James A
JA
D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004617:Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011760:Pyrrolidinones; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000009:adverse effects*
D011760:Pyrrolidinones; C058713:EK 17