Percutaneous retrieval of intracardiopulmonary artery metallic needle (Kirschner's wire): a case report.
We report a case of successful percutaneous retrieval of a broken Kirschner's wire that had entered the venous system and the right atrium and later migrated to the left pulmonary artery. The management of a long, rigid, nail-like foreign body within the heart and/or the pulmonary artery is discussed.
Aikawa
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Department of Radiology, Oita Prefectural Hospital, Japan.
Mori
H
H
Miyake
H
H
Suzuki
K
K
Ueda
S
S
Yamada
Y
Y
Kato
Y
Y
Tomonari
K
K
Yamauchi
H
H
Uchiyama
T
T
Takeuchi
T
T
D000328:Adult; D000790:Angiocardiography; D001864:Bone Wires; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D013247:Sternoclavicular Joint / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery