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Case Reports
. 2018 Jan;7(1):e7-e8.
doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1629898. Epub 2018 Mar 6.

Acute Stent Migration into the Right Ventricle in a Patient with Iliac Vein Stenting

Torulv Holst  1 , Thorsten Großwendt  1 , Majd Makarious Laham  1 , Mehdy Roosta-Azad  1 , Afsaneh Zandi  1 , Markus Kamler  1
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Case Reports

Acute Stent Migration into the Right Ventricle in a Patient with Iliac Vein Stenting

Torulv Holst et al. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep. 2018 Jan.

Abstract

Endovascular stent placement for chronic postthrombotic iliofemoral venous obstructive lesions is an effective therapeutic option and might be complicated by stent migration. We report a case of a venous stent that was lost from the iliac vein into the right ventricle rescued by emergent open-heart surgery.

Keywords: CPB; cardiopulmonary bypass; endovascular procedures/stents; except PCI; heart failure; venous disease.

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Fig. 1
Chest computer tomography with the venous stent dangling in the tricuspid valve apparatus.
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Intraoperative finding: Removal of the stent from the tricuspid valve apparatus.
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