A needle through the heart: Rare complication of inferior vena caval filters

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Kalavakunta, Jagadeesh K ^a,b   Thomas, Christopher S ^a   Gupta, Vishal ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Borgess Heart Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Arrhythmia; Filter complication; Filter fracture; Pericardial tamponade; Recovery filter

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOREIGN BODY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; NEEDLE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ADULT; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENA CAVA FILTERS;

EID: 71049161113     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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