title: Balloon-trapped Technique for Successful OptEaseFilter Retrieval.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a case of successful retrieval of OptEase filter, using the balloon-trapped technique, after failure of its retrieval by the standard techniques.
  
  
  METHODS
  An 82-year-old man had an inferior vena cava filter placed for deep venous thrombosis prophylactically. Seven days after successful catheter-directed thrombolysis, the filter was retrieved after changing the position to caudal, using a standard angioplasty balloon. The patient was discharged on warfarin anticoagulant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Balloon-trapped removal of the OptEase filter that failed standard retrieval attempt is an effective and safe technique that can be performed using commonly available tools and familiar to most interventionalists.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Hirotoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwabuchi
authors.forename: Masakiyo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nobuyoshi
keywords: catheter-directed thrombolysis; deep venous thrombosis; permanent/retrieval filter; pulmonary embolism
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