Successful removal of catheter fragment from right atrium in a premature infant.
A premature infant with rupture of percutaneous central catheter and subsequent migration of the fragment in the right atrium was reported. Umbilical venous catheterization was safely used to remove the fragment.
De Carolis
Maria Pia
MP
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Catholic University Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy. mpia.decarolis@rm.unicatt.it
Costa
Simonetta
S
Polimeni
Valentina
V
Di Stasi
Carmine
C
Papacci
Patrizia
P
Romagnoli
Costantino
C
D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D011859:Radiography