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Published on: February 26, 2013
Right atrial foreign body: transvenous migration of Greenfield filter
Geetali Mohan1, Rahil Kasmani, Kelechi Okoli
1Department of Internal Medicine, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio 43608, USA. Geetali_Mohan@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Migration of an inferior vena cava filter to the heart is a rare occurrence. Migration is usually to the right cardiac chambers, and is mostly detected incidentally. We report a 65-year-old woman with transvenous migration of an inferior vena caval filter to the right atrium in whom retrieval of the filter was not feasible due to prohibitive surgical risk. On subsequent follow-up at 10 months, the filter remains in the right atrium without complications.

