Intracardiac migration of vena caval stent: decision-making and treatment considerations

Nana Toyoda; Gianluca Torregrossa; Shinobu Itagaki; Amit Pawale; Ramachandra Reddy

doi:10.1111/jocs.12271

Intracardiac migration of vena caval stent: decision-making and treatment considerations

J Card Surg. 2014 May;29(3):320-2. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12271. Epub 2014 Jan 12.

Authors

Nana Toyoda¹, Gianluca Torregrossa, Shinobu Itagaki, Amit Pawale, Ramachandra Reddy

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.

PMID: 24417181
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12271

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Decision Making
Device Removal / methods
Echocardiography
Endovascular Procedures / adverse effects
Endovascular Procedures / methods
Equipment Failure*
Foreign-Body Migration / diagnosis*
Foreign-Body Migration / etiology*
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Lower Extremity / blood supply
Male
Peripheral Vascular Diseases / surgery
Radiography, Thoracic
Stents / adverse effects*
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vena Cava, Inferior*