Patel Kershaw V, Leef Jeffrey A, Blair John E, Shah Atman P, Nathan Sandeep, Paul Jonathan D
The University of Chicago Medicine, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 6080, Chicago, IL 60637 USA.
J Invasive Cardiol. 2017 Jan;29(1):E8-E9.
A 76-year-old male presented with a submassive pulmonary embolism despite having an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter. Imaging demonstrated pulmonary artery emboli and a deep vein thrombosis in the left common femoral vein. Venography revealed the IVC filter with struts extending into the left and right renal veins. A new IVC filter was deployed below the prior filter. This case demonstrates IVC filter migration complicated by a submassive pulmonary embolism.
