Flail tricuspid valve after snare retrieval of a vascular angioplasty balloon.
We report a case of unsuspected flail tricuspid diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography after snare catheter removal of an embolized vascular angioplasty balloon.
Furlong
Kathleen T
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Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Schwalm
Stephanie
S
Spencer
Kirk T
KT
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*