title: Intraoperative pulmonary embolization by the tip of a Polystan venous return catheter.
abstract: In a 10-year-old girl being treated for ventricular septal defect, the tip of a Polystan venous return catheter broke away when the catheter was being removed at the time of bypass disconnection. Following fluoroscopic identification of the tip in the left peripheral pulmonary artery, it was removed via arteriotomy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawachi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tominaga
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography