Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Mar 2008)

Migration of superior vena cava stent

  • Menon Narayan J,
  • Moth Phillipa,
  • Bagul Nitin B,
  • Myint Fiona,
  • Hamilton George

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-3-12
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
p. 12

Abstract

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Abstract There has been a recent increase in the use of endovascular prostheses resulting in complex surgical and interventional complications not previously recognised. We report a case of Superior vena cava stenosis treated with a wallstent which migrated to the right atrium, necessitating a combined radiological and surgical approach to retrieve it.