Entrapment of pulmonary artery catheter in a suture at the inferior vena cava cannulation site.
Entrapment of a pulmonary artery catheter (Swan-Ganz catheter) in the heart, vena cava, or pulmonary artery is a very rare and serious complication that may lead to life-threatening complications such as cardiac rupture, pulmonary artery rupture, cardiac tamponade, among others, if not recognized and treated early. We report entrapment of a Swan-Ganz catheter in the purse-string suture at the inferior vena cava cannulation site for a patient undergoing aortic valve replacement. This situation required a repeat sternotomy to release the pulmonary artery catheter.
Huang
Liguang
L
Department of Anesthesiology and Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Science Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71130-3932, USA.
Elsharydah
Ahmad
A
Nawabi
Atta
A
Cork
Randall C
RC
D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D013537:Sutures; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior