[Chronic right heart failure after implantation of a cava filter].

History And Clinical Findings: A 39-year-old woman complained of dyspnoea and increasing abdominal pressure sensation. A Greenfield filter had been implanted into her inferior vena cava (IVC) 4 years previously because of pulmonary embolism from a deep vein thrombosis after a hysterectomy with abscess formation. Physical examination revealed neck vein congestion, jaundiced sclerae, a tense abdominal wall, ascites and a soft machinery murmur in the paraumbilical region.