A Pericardial Pin

Kevin G. Buda, DO; Jonathan Urbach, MD; Marcel Rivard, MD; Ryan C. Knoper, MD; Michelle D. Carlson, MD; Louis Kohl, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Feb 2021)

A Pericardial Pin

Kevin G. Buda, DO,
Jonathan Urbach, MD,
Marcel Rivard, MD,
Ryan C. Knoper, MD,
Michelle D. Carlson, MD,
Louis Kohl, MD

Affiliations

Kevin G. Buda, DO: Department of Internal Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Jonathan Urbach, MD: Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Marcel Rivard, MD: Department of Interventional Radiology, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Ryan C. Knoper, MD: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, USA
Michelle D. Carlson, MD: Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Louis Kohl, MD: Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr. Louis Kohl, Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, 701 Park Avenue, R5-267, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401, USA.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. 304 – 308

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A 39-year-old man presented with chest pain initially attributed to viral pericarditis. He was found to have an embolized inferior vena cava filter strut that perforated the right ventricle. Inferior vena cava filter fracture and embolization should be considered in patients with chest pain and pericardial effusion. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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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