Queiroz R, Waldman D L
Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York 14642-8648, USA.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1998 Jul;44(3):310-2. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199807)44:3<310::aid-ccd13>3.0.co;2-o.
A 77-year-old man had an inferior vena cava Greenfield filter placed for bilateral deep venous thrombosis acquired during a complicated hospitalization for a hip fracture. The filter migrated and lodged at the level of the tricuspid valve. We describe a transvenous retrieval approach which is safer and performed under more controlled technique than previously reported.