Multiple Migrated Superior Vena Cava Stents With Cardiac Injury - A Stepwise Open Cardiotomy Strategy to Mitigate Potential Fatality.

Iatrogenic injuries with migrated interventional stents can sometimes be life-threatening. The interventional retrieval management is generally the treatment of choice, as surgical procedures carry a high mortality risk with only a few cases reported. We report a patient with two stents migrated into the right atrium from superior vena cava resulting in cardiac perforation.