title: Percutaneous interventional techniques to remove embolized silicone port catheters from heart and great vessels.
abstract: Rupture of a silicon port catheter is a relatively rare complication and sometimes it is difficult to remove it. We experienced three cases of retrieval of silicone port catheters migrating into cardiac ventricle or pulmonary artery. Several devices such as a snare wire, an ablation catheter, and a basket catheter in combination with interventional guiding catheter were applied to retrieve them. These interventional techniques are applicable for retrieval of embolized vascular access port system and other catheter fragments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Akashi Medical Center, 743-33 Yagi, Ohkubo-cho, Akashi, 674-0063, Japan. kawata@amc1.jp
authors.forename: Masahito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: Yasutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirayama
authors.forename: Kazumasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000601:surgery*; D006321:Heart; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000379:methods*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D012828:Silicones; D062666:Vascular Access Devices / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D012828:Silicones