title: Transcatheter retrieval of an embolized methylmethacrylate glue fragment adherent to the right atrium using bidirectional snares.
abstract: We report the successful transcatheter retrieval of a 6-cm long, rigid methylmethacrylate glue fragment that embolized from a vertebral body to the right atrium. The glue fragment was adherent to the right atrial wall. Two snares were needed, advanced from opposite directions, to carefully separate the glue fragment from the atrial wall, then align it in a linear fashion directly into the sheath for an uneventful removal.
authors.affiliation: Helen DeVos Childrens Hospital, 100 Michigan Street NE, 10th Floor Cardiology, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503, USA.
authors.forename: Ronald G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Grifka
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tapio
authors.forename: Kim J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001843:Bone Cements / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D062906:Cardiac Catheters; D004867:Equipment Design; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020366:Methylmethacrylate / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054854:Vertebroplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements; D020366:Methylmethacrylate