title: Entrapment of venous catheter following inferior vena caval spasm.
abstract: This is a report of a case in which a 5F high-flow right coronary catheter with its guide wire was entrapped within the inferior vena cava following a venous spasm. Local infusion of nitroglycerin (NTG) relieved the spasm, and the guidewire-catheter assembly could be safely retrieved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, K.E.M. Hospital, Parel, Bombay, India.
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Dalvi
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Munsi
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Vengsarkar
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002648:Child; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013035:Spasm / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D005996:Nitroglycerin