Spontaneous migration of an inferior vena cava filter resulting in cardiac tamponade and percutaneous filter retrieval

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 300-302

  Vergara, Gaston R ^a   Wallace, William F ^a   Bennett, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inferior vena cava filter; Percutaneous; Tamponade; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ARGATROBAN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART INJURY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART TAMPONADE; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PERFORATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ADULT; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENA CAVA FILTERS;

EID: 33846833879     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21010     Document Type: Article

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