title: Basket removal of intraatrial catheter after liver transplantation: technical note.
abstract: A fragment of an intravenous catheter, lodged in the right atrium of a patient after a recent liver transplant, was removed percutaneously. Extra care is needed in such patients if the transfemoral approach is used. Reasons for the additional precautions are discussed and a case history is provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, University Hospital, Missouri 63110-0250.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Joyce
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brems
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000628:therapy*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*