title: Fragmentation, embolization, and left ventricular perforation of a recovery filter.
abstract: The Recovery retrievable inferior vena cava filter (C. R. Bard, Tempe, Arizona) was approved in the United States for temporary and permanent prophylaxis against pulmonary embolism. A few reports in the literature document fracture and migration of the Recovery filter or filter fragments into the heart. The authors report a case of delayed intracardiac migration of a fractured wire from this filter and describe the clinical course of a patient in whom this complication was managed.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. bd_md_phd@mac.com
authors.forename: Benoit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Desjardins
authors.forename: Sadashiv H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kamath
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D020878:Device Removal; D004617:Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000009:adverse effects*