title: Transvenous retrieval of intracardiac catheter fragments.
abstract: Six cases of catheter embolism are presented, and various techniques of retrieving these foreign bodies from the heart are described. The techniques may be carried out under local anaesthesia. They are rapid, safe and enable the patients to avoid thoracotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Physiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lybecker
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006321:Heart; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014680:Veins