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DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1729093
Embolized Venous Stent in the Right Ventricle, What to Do? A Case Report
Background: Subclavian vein stenosis is not an uncommon condition in end-stage renal failure patient due to reaction to dialysis central catheters. Methods: This is a case report of a patient with right subclavian vein stenosis treated with venoplasty and a 12-mm self-expandable stent deployed which has embolized to the right ventricle. Results: A unique approach of using two snares from the cephalic vein and femoral vein has been used to retract the stent from the right ventricle to left common femoral vein. Conclusion: Foreign body inside the heart is a unique and rare situation, and multiple modalities have been used to deal with this situation; we present one way to dealing with this complication that can be helpful in future similar cases.
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26 April 2021
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