Electrode displacement from a multipurpose Swan-Ganz catheter.
A patient is described in whom a multipurpose pulmonary artery catheter had been placed. Upon removal of the catheter, it was noted that the electrodes had become detached from the lead. A new method is described for insertion and removal of the catheter which will prevent this complication.
Heiselman
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Maxwell
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Petno
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D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000628:therapy*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004566:Electrodes; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011651:Pulmonary Artery