Inferior vena cava filter migration to right ventricle with destruction of tricuspid valve: A case report

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 509-511

  Adair, James Devin ^a   Harvey, Kyle P ^a   Mahmood, Ali ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEG INJURY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE; TRICUSPID VALVE REPLACEMENT; VENA CAVA FILTER; FOREIGN BODY; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 43149123344     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318058251c     Document Type: Article

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