title: Transfemoral extraction of knotted pulmonary artery catheter in right atrium.
abstract: Knotting of a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) is a rare complication which is usually seen to occur in the right ventricle. We describe knotting of a PAC in the right atrium and its extraction by non surgical means through the femoral route.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology, Surgery and Cardiology, U.N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre Civil Hospital Campus, Ahmedabad, Gujrat, India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Calla
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dani