Migration of the Günther Tulip Inferior Vena Cava Filter to the Chest

The authors describe two cases in which Günther Tulip inferior vena cava filters migrated to the chest, necessitating open-heart surgery for retrieval. In the first case, a 52-year-old man was transferred to their hospital from an outside facility after the filter migrated to the main pulmonary arte...

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Published inJournal of vascular and interventional radiology Vol. 18; no. 12; pp. 1581 - 1585
Main Authors Galhotra, Sanjay, MD, Amesur, Nikhil B., MD, Zajko, Albert B., MD, Simmons, Richard L., MD
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2007
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Aged
Fluoroscopy
Foreign-Body Migration - surgery
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Artery
Radiography, Interventional
Radiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tricuspid Valve
Vena Cava Filters - adverse effects
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Summary:The authors describe two cases in which Günther Tulip inferior vena cava filters migrated to the chest, necessitating open-heart surgery for retrieval. In the first case, a 52-year-old man was transferred to their hospital from an outside facility after the filter migrated to the main pulmonary artery during attempted filter placement. In the second case, a 72-year-old man, a Günther Tulip filter was found to have migrated to the tricuspid valve after cardiopulmonary arrest and subsequent resuscitation, including emergent central venous line placement. The authors present the relevant details of both cases, discuss possible preventive strategies, and review the available literature about migration of the Günther Tulip filter.
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ISSN:1051-0443
1535-7732
DOI:10.1016/j.jvir.2007.07.033