Migration of inferior vena cava stent into right ventricle: two- and three-dimensional echocardiographic imaging

Eur J Echocardiogr. 2009 Mar;10(2):370-1. doi: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen325. Epub 2008 Dec 17.

Abstract

Right ventricular migration of a systemic venous stent is a rare complication. We present a case of stent migration in a 65-year-old male who underwent palliative intervention for inferior vena cava compression secondary to malignant mesothelioma. Two- and three-dimensional echocardiographic images revealed evidence of a free-stent trapped in the tricuspid valvular apparatus causing severe tricuspid regurgitation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Echocardiography
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Foreign Bodies*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mesothelioma / diagnosis
  • Mesothelioma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mesothelioma / pathology
  • Pneumothorax / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pneumothorax / pathology
  • Stents / adverse effects*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / diagnostic imaging*