Percutaneous retrieval of foreign body from the left ventricular cavity.
During aortic valvuloplasty a guidewire was broken, and the broken fragment remained in the left ventricle. This left ventricular foreign body was retrieved percutaneously by a snare.
Cardiology Center, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans