Unique use of a tip-deflecting guide wire in removing a catheter embolus from an infant.
An umbilical catheter fragment embolus in a neonate was difficult to approach due to fixation of both ends, in the left atrial appendage and the ductus venosus, respectively. A tip-deflecting guide wire was used in unique fashion to free the catheter fragment and allow its percutaneous removal via the femoral vein approach.
D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004617:Embolism / Q000628:therapy*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008722:Methods; D014471:Umbilical Veins