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European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access originally published online on December 17, 2008
European Journal of Echocardiography 2009 10(2):370-371; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen325
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org.

Migration of inferior vena cava stent into right ventricle: two- and three-dimensional echocardiographic imaging

Robert A. Byrne1,2,*, Darren Mylotte1, Paul Nolan1 and Patrick Nash1

1 Department of Cardiology, University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland
2 ISAR Centre, Deutsches Herzzentrum, Technische Universität, Munich, Germany

Received 19 September 2008; accepted after revision 30 November 2008; online publish-ahead-of-print 17 December 2008.

* Corresponding author: Tel: +49 89 1218 1538; fax: +49 89 1218 1539, E-mail address: byrne{at}dhm.mhn.de


  Abstract

Right ventricular migration of a systemic venous stent is a rare complication. We present a case of stent migration in a 65-year-old male who underwent palliative intervention for inferior vena cava compression secondary to malignant mesothelioma. Two- and three-dimensional echocardiographic images revealed evidence of a free-stent trapped in the tricuspid valvular apparatus causing severe tricuspid regurgitation.

Keywords: 3D echocardiography; Tricuspid valve; Valvular regurgitation; Venous stent


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