title: Percutaneous retrieval of a broken catheter from the left atrium in an adult.
abstract: We performed a percutaneous retrieval of a broken catheter from the left atrium in an adult patient using transseptal left heart catheterization and a helical basket guidewire. To our knowledge, this is the first description of such a therapeutical option for a foreign body lodged in the left atrium of an adult patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Cardiology, University of Padova Medical School, Padova, Italy. aramondoit@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Angelo Bruno
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Ramondo
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Favero
authors.forename: Raffaello
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chioin
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged