Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions
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Catheter Cardiovasc Interv · Apr 2001
Case ReportsRight heart catheterization in the presence of an inferior vena cava filter.
Inferior vena cava filters are being inserted with increasing frequency. When such patients later require right heart catheterization, brachial or jugular vein access is usually attempted. ⋯ There were no complications, and in no case did the filter migrate or become dislodged. This technique may prove useful when right heart catheterization is indicated in a patient who has a Greenfield inferior vena cava filter.