title: Percutaneous untying of a knot in a retained Swan-Ganz catheter.
abstract: A patient was referred to us with a tightly knotted Swan-Ganz catheter. The catheter could not be removed by conventional simple methods. We describe a minimally invasive means of removal of the catheter using an Amplatz gooseneck snare and an angioplasty balloon. This allowed the catheter to be removed without trauma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool L7, UK.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Bhatti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rowlands
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013536:Suture Techniques