title: Pulmonary artery rupture after attempted removal of a pulmonary artery catheter.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Go-Shine
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Hung-Jui
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chi-Hou
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shung-Tai
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Chih-Shung
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: 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