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Embolization Followed by Self-Repositioning of a CardioMEMS™ Wireless Pulmonary Artery Hemodynamic Monitoring Sensor Device Cover

Embolization Followed by Self-Repositioning of a CardioMEMS™ Wireless Pulmonary Artery Hemodynamic Monitoring Sensor Device

Open Access
|Apr 2026

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Figure 1

(A) Deployment of the CardioMEMS™ device (Abbott) in a distal left pulmonary artery branch. (B) Post-procedural chest x-ray shows the CardioMEMS™ device in the right middle pulmonary lobe. (C) CardioMEM™ device found re-embolized to the left lobe, in a proximal left pulmonary artery. (D) Chest x-ray shows the CardioMEMS™ device in place in the lower left lobe months after the procedure.

Video 1

(A) Repositioning of the CardioMEMS™ device (Abbott) in the left lower pulmonary lobe using a (B) Swan-Ganz catheter pushing the device distally for optimal stable repositioning until (C) final device deployment. Also view Video 1A at https://vimeo.com/1177056731; Video 1B at https://vimeo.com/1177057837; Video 1C at https://vimeo.com/1177058742.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1765 | Journal eISSN: 1947-6108
Language: English
Page range: 37 - 41
Submitted on: Dec 14, 2025
Accepted on: Mar 24, 2026
Published on: Apr 16, 2026
Published by: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2026 Chloe Kharsa, Fatima Qamar, Joseph Elias, Karl Abou Zeid, Sachin S. Goel, Joe Aoun, published by Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
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