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01-07-2008 | Case Report

Successful Percutaneous Retrieval of an Inferior Vena Cava Filter Migrating to the Right Ventricle in a Bariatric Patient

Authors: Jula Veerapong, Carl Magnus Wahlgren, Neeraj Jolly, Hisham Bassiouny

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Special Issue 2/2008

Abstract

The use of an inferior vena cava filter has an important role in the management of patients who are at high risk for development of pulmonary embolism. Migration is a rare but known complication of inferior vena cava filter placement. We herein describe a case of a prophylactic retrievable vena cava filter migrating to the right ventricle in a bariatric patient. The filter was retrieved percutaneously by transjugular approach and the patient did well postoperatively. A review of the current literature is given.

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Title: Successful Percutaneous Retrieval of an Inferior Vena Cava Filter Migrating to the Right Ventricle in a Bariatric Patient
Authors: Jula Veerapong
Carl Magnus Wahlgren
Neeraj Jolly
Hisham Bassiouny
Publication date: 01-07-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue Special Issue 2/2008
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-007-9278-0

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