Inadvertent Swan-Ganz catheter placement in the left pericardiophrenic vein.
Placement of flow-directed Swan-Ganz catheters without fluoroscopic guidance occasionally results in placement in positions other than the pulmonary artery. In the case presented, the inadvertent placement of such a catheter into the left pericardiophrenic vein was probably facilitated by distortion of the right heart and systemic venous anatomy.
McLellan
B A
BA
UCLA School of Medicine, Westwood.
Jerman
M R
MR
French
W J
WJ
Criley
J M
JM
Pelikan
P C
PC
D000368:Aged; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002932:Cineangiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014680:Veins