Skip to main content

Table 1 Case reports of shock due to inferior vena cava thrombosis

From: Acute caval thrombosis leading to obstructive shock in the early post insertion period of an inferior vena cava filter: a case report and literature review

Year

Author

IVCF placement

History/ Cause

Cardinal symptom

Thrombus site

Intervention

Short term outcome

Long term outcome

Hypotension

Tachycardia

Tachypnea

Peripheral oedema

Dysuria

Confusion

2016

Chen YL. et al. [18]

No

VA-ECMO* catheter implanted

Inadequate anticoagulation

Unspecified

From IVC to atrium

Pharmacologic anticoagulation

Thrombus disappeared after 23 days of heparin anticoagulation

Good

2018

Mohammed M. et al. [6]

Yes

Road traffic accident

IVCF placement without retrieval 15 years prior

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

From bilateral common femoral veins to the distal IVC

Mechanical thrombectomy

Shock was resolved

Good

2021

Pearce EK. et al. [13]

Yes

Inadequate anticoagulation

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

From bilaterally femoral

veins to the IVCF

CDT

Suction thrombectomy

Shock was resolved and pressor support was discontinued

Good

2021

Siddiqui S. et al. [17]

Yes

Road traffic accident

IVCF placement without retrieval 15 years prior

Thrombophilia

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

IVCF was occluded

IVCF retrieved

Revascularization

Blood pressure and symptoms were improved

Undspecified

2023

Lane OF. et al. [16]

Yes

IVCF placement without retrieval 12 years prior

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

From bilateral common iliac veins to the IVCF

Thrombectomy

Blood pressure immediately increased with rapid downtrending of vasopressor requirement

Good

  1. *VA-ECMO: venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation