Inadvertent passage of a pulmonary artery catheter from the superior vena cava through the left atrium and left ventricle into the aorta.
Allyn
J
J
Department of Anaesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
Lichtenstein
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A
Koski
E G
EG
Jacobs
M L
ML
Lowenstein
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E
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