A fractured inferior vena cava filter strut migrating to the left pulmonary artery

Inferior vena cava filters are increasingly used in patients with recurrent venous thromboembolism who are contraindicated to anticoagulation. Migration of a broken strut to the pulmonary artery is a very rare complication of these filters. We report the case of an 83-year-old female who experienced...

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Autores principales: Hudali, Tamer, Zayed, Ali, Karnath, Bernard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26744640
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.06.002
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description Inferior vena cava filters are increasingly used in patients with recurrent venous thromboembolism who are contraindicated to anticoagulation. Migration of a broken strut to the pulmonary artery is a very rare complication of these filters. We report the case of an 83-year-old female who experienced this complication with the migratory strut remaining in the same position for years. This case provides evidence that such filters probably have higher rates of complications than what has been thought that remain asymptomatic. The indications and the management of complications of such devices need to be studied further.
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spelling pubmed-46818852016-01-07 A fractured inferior vena cava filter strut migrating to the left pulmonary artery Hudali, Tamer Zayed, Ali Karnath, Bernard Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Inferior vena cava filters are increasingly used in patients with recurrent venous thromboembolism who are contraindicated to anticoagulation. Migration of a broken strut to the pulmonary artery is a very rare complication of these filters. We report the case of an 83-year-old female who experienced this complication with the migratory strut remaining in the same position for years. This case provides evidence that such filters probably have higher rates of complications than what has been thought that remain asymptomatic. The indications and the management of complications of such devices need to be studied further. Elsevier 2015-06-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4681885/ /pubmed/26744640 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.06.002 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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A fractured inferior vena cava filter strut migrating to the left pulmonary artery
title A fractured inferior vena cava filter strut migrating to the left pulmonary artery
title_full A fractured inferior vena cava filter strut migrating to the left pulmonary artery
title_fullStr A fractured inferior vena cava filter strut migrating to the left pulmonary artery
title_full_unstemmed A fractured inferior vena cava filter strut migrating to the left pulmonary artery
title_short A fractured inferior vena cava filter strut migrating to the left pulmonary artery
title_sort fractured inferior vena cava filter strut migrating to the left pulmonary artery
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681885/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.06.002
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