title: Ventricular entrapment of a Swan-Ganz catheter: a technique for nonsurgical removal.
abstract: Entrapment of a balloon-tipped flow-directed catheter by atrial sutures during open heart surgery is a rare but serious complication. Several methods have been used to free such catheters with nonsurgical techniques. A case of entrapment in the right ventricle after repair of a ventricular septal defect is presented and a method for percutaneous removal described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lazzam
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Sanborn
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Christian
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013536:Suture Techniques