[Percutaneous extraction of a foreign body from the right ventricle. Clinical case].
Percutaneous retrieval of intravascular foreign bodies has emerged as a standard method of treatment, which audits major surgery. This procedure was performed in a patient with a fragment of a broken introducer sheath located in the right ventricle with risk of arrhythmias. Extraction was difficult because the sheath was trapped in the tendinous cords. The foreign body was embolized to the pulmonary artery and extraction was performed. No clinically significant complications occurred.
Martín Carreira
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Unidad de Radiología Vascular Intervencionista, Hospital Nuestra Señora del Pino, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Reyes
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Pulido-Duque
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Maynar
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D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006321:Heart; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans