title: Double J ureteral stent displaced through the right ventricle.
abstract: We report a 59-year old patient with a double J ureteral catheter displaced out of the ureter through the inferior vena cava and right ventricle. The catheter was removed successfully under cardiopulmonary bypass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgeon, Private Erdem Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ismail Oral
authors.initials: IO
authors.lastname: Hastaoglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgeon, Private Erdem Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey tokozhamdi@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Hamdi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tokoz
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Private Erdem Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kavlak
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgeon, Private Erdem Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fuat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bilgen
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D062885:Urinary Catheters / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Double ‘J’ stent; Migration