title: Intracardiac migration of vena caval stent: decision-making and treatment considerations.
abstract: Migration and embolization of intravenously placed devices has been described previously with inferior vena cava (IVC) filters but not stents. While patients with intracardiac embolization of venous devices may be asymptomatic, we present a patient with symptomatic migration of an IVC stent to the heart and discuss the treatment considerations and decision-making involved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Nana
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Toyoda
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Torregrossa
authors.forename: Shinobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Itagaki
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pawale
authors.forename: Ramachandra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reddy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003657:Decision Making; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods; D004452:Echocardiography; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior