Percutaneous retrieval of a broken catheter from the left atrium in an adult.
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.
Ramondo
Angelo Bruno
AB
Department of Interventional Cardiology, University of Padova Medical School, Padova, Italy. aramondoit@yahoo.it
Favero
Luca
L
Chioin
Raffaello
R
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