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Case Reports

Inferior Vena Cava Filter Migration to the Heart

^a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
^b Department of Interventional Radiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Accepted for publication April 16, 2008.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Emaminia, University of Virginia Health System, Department of Surgery, PO Box 800679, Charlottesville, VA 22908 (Email: emaminia{at}gmail.com).

Inferior vena cava filters are considered the therapeutic modality for treatment of deep venous thrombosis in patients who are not candidates for anticoagulation therapy. Filter migration to the heart is a rare but serious complication. In this report we present two cases of Inferior vena cava filters that migrated to the heart and how they were managed.