title: Inadvertent passage of a pulmonary artery catheter from the superior vena cava through the left atrium and left ventricle into the aorta.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Allyn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lichtenstein
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Koski
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lowenstein
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006325:Heart Atria; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior