Ventricular entrapment of a Swan-Ganz catheter: a technique for nonsurgical removal.
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.
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Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York.
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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