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SUBMITTER: Khalid MO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7672755 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports 20200101
Venous stent migration to the cardiopulmonary system is a rare but serious complication. Cardiopulmonary involvement has various presentations such as valvulopathy, acute heart failure, arrhythmias, endocarditis, and tamponade. The presenting symptoms depend on the eventual location of the stent in the heart or lungs, size of the stent, and valve involvement. Extracardiac dislodgement can be managed by catheter-directed extraction or proper deployment within the containing vessel or surgical ext ...[more]