A Fractured Inferior Vena Cava Strut Migrating to the Right Ventricle Without Any Cardiovascular Complaint: A Case Report and Review of Literature

The use of inferior vena cava filter (IVCF) as one of the last resorts for pulmonary embolism prevention has expanded over the decades. The migration of a broken strut to the right ventricle is a very unusual complication that, when present, has been associated with life-threatening events. We repor...

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Autores principales: Elmassry, Mohamed, Del Rio-Pertuz, Gaspar, El-Nawaa, Saif, Abdelmalek, John, Ansari, Mohammad M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7491686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32953297
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9779
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author Elmassry, Mohamed
Del Rio-Pertuz, Gaspar
El-Nawaa, Saif
Abdelmalek, John
Ansari, Mohammad M
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description The use of inferior vena cava filter (IVCF) as one of the last resorts for pulmonary embolism prevention has expanded over the decades. The migration of a broken strut to the right ventricle is a very unusual complication that, when present, has been associated with life-threatening events. We report a case of a 34-year-old female with an inferior vena cava (IVC) strut that migrated and was incidentally found embedded in the right ventricle without any cardiovascular signs or symptoms. This case provides evidence that such filters probably have higher rates of complications than what has been thought because those complications might remain asymptomatic.
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spelling pubmed-74916862020-09-17 A Fractured Inferior Vena Cava Strut Migrating to the Right Ventricle Without Any Cardiovascular Complaint: A Case Report and Review of Literature Elmassry, Mohamed Del Rio-Pertuz, Gaspar El-Nawaa, Saif Abdelmalek, John Ansari, Mohammad M Cureus Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery The use of inferior vena cava filter (IVCF) as one of the last resorts for pulmonary embolism prevention has expanded over the decades. The migration of a broken strut to the right ventricle is a very unusual complication that, when present, has been associated with life-threatening events. We report a case of a 34-year-old female with an inferior vena cava (IVC) strut that migrated and was incidentally found embedded in the right ventricle without any cardiovascular signs or symptoms. This case provides evidence that such filters probably have higher rates of complications than what has been thought because those complications might remain asymptomatic. Cureus 2020-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7491686/ /pubmed/32953297 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9779 Text en Copyright © 2020, Elmassry et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Elmassry, Mohamed
Del Rio-Pertuz, Gaspar
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Abdelmalek, John
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A Fractured Inferior Vena Cava Strut Migrating to the Right Ventricle Without Any Cardiovascular Complaint: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title A Fractured Inferior Vena Cava Strut Migrating to the Right Ventricle Without Any Cardiovascular Complaint: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_full A Fractured Inferior Vena Cava Strut Migrating to the Right Ventricle Without Any Cardiovascular Complaint: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_fullStr A Fractured Inferior Vena Cava Strut Migrating to the Right Ventricle Without Any Cardiovascular Complaint: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_full_unstemmed A Fractured Inferior Vena Cava Strut Migrating to the Right Ventricle Without Any Cardiovascular Complaint: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_short A Fractured Inferior Vena Cava Strut Migrating to the Right Ventricle Without Any Cardiovascular Complaint: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_sort fractured inferior vena cava strut migrating to the right ventricle without any cardiovascular complaint: a case report and review of literature
topic Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7491686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32953297
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9779
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