title: Retrieval of a Dislodged Catheter Using Combined Fluoroscopy and Intracardiac Echocardiography.
abstract: This report details a method of percutaneous, transluminal retrieval of an intracardiac foreign body using fluoroscopy in combination with intracardiac echocardiography. During retrieval, intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) provided real-time anatomic localization of a constantly moving, almost radiolucent micropuncture coaxial dilator fragment with respect to the tricuspid and pulmonary valves. This method may serve as a crucial aid in retrieval of intracardiac foreign bodies that are difficult to see with fluoroscopy and which may be adjacent to cardiac valves.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular & Interventional Radiology, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, P.O. Box 1-301, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Gus
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mitsopoulos
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular & Interventional Radiology, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, P.O. Box 1-301, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Hanna
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular & Interventional Radiology, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, P.O. Box 1-301, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Sidney Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Brejt
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular & Interventional Radiology, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, P.O. Box 1-301, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Greg E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular & Interventional Radiology, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, P.O. Box 1-301, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sheynzon
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular & Interventional Radiology, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, P.O. Box 1-301, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Weintraub
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, P.O. Box 1-301, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Gray