title: Complication of central venous catheter insertion: fragmentation of a guidewire with pulmonary artery embolism.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 19425-2220.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Polos
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Sahn
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography