title: Successful percutaneous retrieval of an intracardiac catheter fragment in an 800-g premature infant.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the case report of a successful retrieval of an intracardiac catheter in an 800 - g premature infant.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This report presents the technique for successful percutaneous removal of a retained intracardiac catheter fragment in an 800 - g infant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study demonstrates that this procedure can be successfully performed in extremely small infants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Primary Children's Medical Center and the University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84113, USA.
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Shaddy
mesh_terms: D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006321:Heart; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight