Migration of a Varicocele Coil to the Right Heart

Nina Karia, MBBS; Damian Balmforth, MBBS; Kulvinder Lall, MD; Sandy Gupta, MD; Sanjeev Bhattacharyya, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Dec 2020)

Migration of a Varicocele Coil to the Right Heart

Nina Karia, MBBS,
Damian Balmforth, MBBS,
Kulvinder Lall, MD,
Sandy Gupta, MD,
Sanjeev Bhattacharyya, MD

Affiliations

Nina Karia, MBBS: Echocardiography Laboratory, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Damian Balmforth, MBBS: Cardiovascular Surgery, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Kulvinder Lall, MD: Cardiovascular Surgery, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Sandy Gupta, MD: Whipps Cross Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Sanjeev Bhattacharyya, MD: Echocardiography Laboratory, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Address for correspondence: Dr. Sanjeev Bhattacharyya, Echocardiography Laboratory, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, United Kingdom.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 15
pp. 2312 – 2317

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We describe a case of an adult patient with embolization of a varicocele coil (7 × 70 mm) to the right ventricle. We review the multimodality imaging techniques used to identify location and the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in determining management. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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