Entrapment of venous catheter following inferior vena caval spasm.
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.
Dalvi
B V
BV
Department of Cardiology, K.E.M. Hospital, Parel, Bombay, India.
Gupta
K G
KG
Munsi
S C
SC
Vengsarkar
A S
AS
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
D005996:Nitroglycerin