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Fragmentation, Embolization, and Left Ventricular Perforation of a Recovery Filter

2010; Elsevier BV; Volume: 21; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jvir.2010.04.019

1535-7732

Benoit Desjardins, Sadashiv H. Kamath, David M. Williams,

Ultrasound in Clinical Applications

The Recovery retrievable inferior vena cava filter (C. R. Bard, Tempe, Arizona) was approved in the United States for temporary and permanent prophylaxis against pulmonary embolism. A few reports in the literature document fracture and migration of the Recovery filter or filter fragments into the heart. The authors report a case of delayed intracardiac migration of a fractured wire from this filter and describe the clinical course of a patient in whom this complication was managed. The Recovery retrievable inferior vena cava filter (C. R. Bard, Tempe, Arizona) was approved in the United States for temporary and permanent prophylaxis against pulmonary embolism. A few reports in the literature document fracture and migration of the Recovery filter or filter fragments into the heart. The authors report a case of delayed intracardiac migration of a fractured wire from this filter and describe the clinical course of a patient in whom this complication was managed.