title: Catheter-induced pulmonary artery hemorrhage. Diagnosis and management in cardiac operations.
abstract: Three case reports describing catheter-induced pulmonary artery hemorrhage in patients having cardiac operations are presented--a 0.2% incidence of this complication. One patient exsanguinated and died, another survived after undergoing an emergency lobectomy, and the third escaped without surgical intervention. As a result of this experience and the recommendations in the literature, we have developed and describe herein a rational therapy for this highly lethal complication.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000293:injuries*