Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4241183 | Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
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.
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Benoit MD, PhD, Sadashiv H. MD, David MD,