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Case Reports
. 2017 Mar 14;1(2):101-103.
doi: 10.5811/cpcem.2016.12.32030. eCollection 2017 May.

A Novel Source of Chest Pain in the Emergency Department

Ibrahim Isa  1 , Jeffrey S Bush  1 , Simon Watson  1 , Joseph Schoepf  2
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Case Reports

A Novel Source of Chest Pain in the Emergency Department

Ibrahim Isa et al. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. .

Abstract

This is a case report of a patient with an unusual presentation of an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter migration with a delayed presentation, and without electrical or valvular abnormalities. We discuss considerations and potential complications from IVC filter placement from the emergency physician perspective.

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Conflicts of Interest: By the CPC-EM article submission agreement, all authors are required to disclose all affiliations, funding sources and financial or management relationships that could be perceived as potential sources of bias. The authors disclosed none.

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Computed tomography reconstruction displaying inferior vena cava filter lodged in right ventricle
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