Flailed tricuspid valve as a complication of retrieving fractured catheter

The implantable venous port system has gained popularity as venous access when prolonged chemotherapy is needed in cancer patients. Intravascular fracture and embolization of catheter fragments from port-catheter systems is rare. Here we report a 49-year-old lady who was found having a fractured port-catheter located over the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT). Percutaneous transfemoral transcatheter retrieval of the fractured catheter was performed but complicated with flailed tricuspid valve.