Detection of iatrogenic cardiac tamponade by transesophageal echocardiography during vena cava filter procedure

An evaluation of acute cardiac tamponade by transesophageal echocardiography.

A 63-yr-old man with femoral venous thrombosis presented to the interventional radiology suite for prophylactic placement of an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter from the right internal jugular approach. During the procedure, he became hypotensive and developed pulseless electrical activity. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, fluids, vasopressors and, ultimately, femorofemoral veno-arterial cardiopul...

Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography for Iatrogenic Cardiac Tamponade Treatment in a Patient Undergoing Liver Transplantation

The current case report describes a case of Intraoperative progressive hemodynamic failure in a patient undergoing orthotropic liver transplantation. Rescue transesophageal echocardiography was used to facilitate rapid diagnosis of a iatrogenic acute pericardial tamponade, resulting from a suture penetrating the pericardium through the right hemi diaphragm. This potentially lethal complication ...

Perforation of Inferior Vena Cava by Inferior Vena Cava Filter

Supervising Section Editor: Sean O. Henderson, MD Submission history: Submitted June 13, 2012; Accepted August 6, 2012 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2012.8.12795 [West J Emerg Med 2013;14(2):161-162.] Sarah Unterman, MD* Tad Nair, MD† Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chicago, Illinois Univ...

Intracardiac embolization of inferior vena cava filter associated with right atrium perforation and cardiac tamponade

Insertion of inferior vena cava filters has been well established in literature, reducing occurrence of pulmonary embolism after an episode of deep venous thrombosis in patients with contraindication to anticoagulation. There are a small number of complications related to procedure and embolization is rare. In this context, we described a case of intracardiac embolization associated with cardia...

The detection of cardiac tamponade by hemodynamic transesophageal echocardiography after left ventriculer assist device implantation