Paradoxical embolization of a fractured guidewire: successful retrieval from left atrium using a snare device.
In adults, paradoxical embolization of catheters or guidewire fragments related to central venous catheterization is a rare phenomenon. Reports of successful percutaneous retrieval of foreign bodies from the left atrium is also rare. We describe the successful percutaneous retrieval of a fractured guidewire that had undergone paradoxical embolization to the left atrium in an adult patient.
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. icaccerly@im.wustl.edu
Ivan P
IP
Casserly
Jeffrey A
JA
Goldstein
Jason H
JH
Rogers
John M
JM
Lasala
D020878:Device Removal; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed