Integrity of vascular access: the story of a broken sheath!
A 31-year-old female underwent an electrophysiology procedure wherein 4 vascular sheaths were placed. Following the procedure, as one of the vascular sheaths was pulled out, clinicians noted that it was broken. Emergent fluoroscopy revealed part of the vascular sheath was left behind in the soft tissue and was removed surgically. This case report describes the complications associated with vascular sheaths and reiterates the correct methods of handling them.
Pillarisetti
Jayasree
J
Mid America Cardiology at The University of Kansas Hospitals, Kansas City, KS 66196, USA.
Biria
Mazda
M
Balda
Amber
A
Reddy
Namratha
N
Berenbom
Loren
L
Lakkireddy
Dhanunjaya
D
D000328:Adult; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004630:Emergencies; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013611:Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / Q000209:etiology; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000209:etiology; D016748:Venous Cutdown; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*