title: Percutaneous removal of an embolized port catheter: description of a new coaxial recovery technique including a case-report.
abstract: The achievement of coaxiality between recovery device and embolized tubular foreign bodies like central venous catheters is a key point to achieve percutaneous removal. To facilitate this target, we designed a coaxial retrieval loop-snare device using a modified coronary guiding catheter and a coronary 0.014'' guidewire. This new technique has been bench tested and then successfully used to remove a long Port-A catheter's fragment embolized into the right sided heart.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy. f.burzotta@rm.unicatt.it
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Burzotta
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Romagnoli
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000628:therapy*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior