Catheter tip entrapment with avulsion of tip: a potential complication of percutaneous transfemoral catheterization through aortofemoral bypass grafts.
A search of the literature revealed only one report [4] of catheter tip entrapment during percutaneous transfemoral catheterization in a patient with an aortofemoral bypass graft. We present another case.
D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male