Current and future therapy for pulmonary hypertension in patients with right and left heart failure.

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a devastating condition that without proper management can deteriorate progressively. Elevated pulmonary artery pressure without an identifiable etiology is called IPAH. PH resulting from a specific disease is referred to as secondary PH; left-sided cardiac disease can lead to an increase in pulmonary artery pressure resulting in increased vascular resistance and subsequent structural remodeling.

Right ventricular migration and endovascular removal of an inferior vena cava filter.

A G2 inferior vena cava (IVC) filter was discovered in the right ventricle of an asymptomatic patient 3 months after placement. The present report describes an endovascular approach to remove the filter with use of two 35-mm Amplatz Goose Neck snares while the patient's cardiac rhythm was monitored and controlled by a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist.