Stents migration into right atrium from severely calcified superior vena cava in a hemodialysis patient
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Wei Wei; Qiuyan Zhao; Caihong Liu; Letian Yang; Jian Li; Ping Fu; Yuliang Zhao; Tianlei Cui
- Source
- Heliyon, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp e23621- (2024)
- Subject
- Case report
SVC
Stent
Migration
Hemodialysis
Science (General)
Q1-390
Social sciences (General)
H1-99
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2405-8440
Vascular calcification is common among hemodialysis patients. In this report, we presented a case of superior vena cava (SVC) stent migration during endovascular angioplasty in a 50-year-old female hemodialysis patient with severe SVC calcification. The stent migration was refractory to the deployment of a second anchor stent, which shortly resulted in pericardium tamponade and was successfully rescued by emergent thoracotomy. The potential role of vascular calcification as a risk factor to stent migration was discussed. Patients with severe vascular calcification receiving endovascular angioplasty might need a careful risk screening for stent migration.