title: Pulmonary artery catheter entrapment in cardiac surgery: a simple percutaneous solution.
abstract: Pulmonary artery catheter entrapment is a reported complication after cardiac surgery from inadvertent suturing of the catheter to the vena-caval wall during surgery. This article reports a simple percutaneous technique to retrieve the trapped catheter.
authors.affiliation: Baylor Scott and White Healthcare, Dallas, USA. vdivakaran@sw.org.
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Divakaran
authors.affiliation: Baylor Scott and White Healthcare, Dallas, USA.
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caldera
authors.affiliation: Baylor Scott and White Healthcare, Dallas, USA.
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stephens
authors.affiliation: Baylor Scott and White Healthcare, Dallas, USA.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery