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Intracardiac Migration of Vena Caval Stent: Decision‐Making and Treatment Considerations
Author(s) -
Toyoda Nana,
Torregrossa Gianluca,
Itagaki Shinobu,
Pawale Amit,
Reddy Ramachandra
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12271
Subject(s) - medicine , intracardiac injection , asymptomatic , embolization , inferior vena cava , stent , radiology , superior vena cava , surgery , right atrium , vena cava
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. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12271 (J Card Surg 2014;29:320–322)