Pulmonary artery rupture after attempted removal of a pulmonary artery catheter.
Withdrawal of a pulmonary catheter before initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass may prevent suturing the catheter to the pulmonary trunk and avoid the fatal complication of pulmonary artery rupture.
Huang
Go-Shine
GS
Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wang
Hung-Jui
HJ
Chen
Chi-Hou
CH
Ho
Shung-Tai
ST
Wong
Chih-Shung
CS
D000368:Aged; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000502:physiology; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000009:adverse effects; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D011859:Radiography; D012421:Rupture; D013537:Sutures