| Literature DB >> 29062615 |
Menfil Orellana-Barrios1, Nachiket Patel2, Aliakbar Arvandi1, Ralph Paone3, Dixon Santana4.
Abstract
Venous stents (VS) are used to treat central and peripheral stenoses. Stent embolization into a cardiac chamber is a rare, yet serious complication. We present a case of a 61-year-old man with a recently stented arteriovenous graft venous stenosis who developed VS migration into the right ventricle, associated with S. aureus bacteremia.Entities:
Keywords: venous stenting
Year: 2017 PMID: 29062615 PMCID: PMC5648592 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.1583
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cureus ISSN: 2168-8184