Hepatic vein obstruction due to Swan-Ganz catheter placement.
Complications from Swan-Ganz catheters during insertion, long-term placement, or removal have been known since its development. I describe the unusual presentation of a pacing Swan-Ganz catheter mispositioned into the hepatic vein producing vascular obstruction, yet with adequate cardiac pacing.
Davis
M S
MS
Department of Medicine, Doctors Hospital of Manteca, Calif., USA.
D000368:Aged; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006503:Hepatic Veins; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis