Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 374-375, April 2002

Diagnosis of myocardial perforation by a Greenfield filter made by transesophageal echocardiography☆

Departments of Cardiac Surgery, and Cardiology (M.D.P.), University Hospital Ghent. Gent, Belgium

Abstract 

Greenfield filters have been successfully used to prevent pulmonary embolism in selected patients. However, various complications have been described. A patient is presented in whom a Greenfield filter migrated to the right atrium, and subsequently perforated the right atrial wall. The diagnosis was made by transesophageal echocardiography and the filter removed surgically. This case emphasizes the role of transesophageal echocardiography in the management of migrated Greenfield filters. (J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2002;15:374-5.)

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☆ Reprint requests: Jan J. De Waele, MD, Intensive Care Unit, 1K12, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, Belgium (E-mail: jan.dewaele@rug.ac.be).

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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 374-375, April 2002

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