title: Retrieval of an intra-cardiac embolised very long wire via transhepatic access from a war victim child.
abstract: We present the case report of a war victim child with severe burn scars, orthopnoea, and dyspnoea due to diffuse pulmonary thromboembolism. During ICU stay, a central venous catheter's 45-mm wire embolised into the heart. The embolised wire was successfully removed via transhepatic access through the creation of an artificial simple snare.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical Faculty,Gaziantep University,Gaziantep,Turkey.
authors.forename: Osman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Baspinar
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical Faculty,Gaziantep University,Gaziantep,Turkey.
authors.forename: Derya A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Pediatric Cardiology,Sanliurfa Children Hospital,Sanliurfa,Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yildirim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006321:Heart; D006503:Hepatic Veins; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications; D000067398:War-Related Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Transhepatic; central venous catheter; child; retrieval techniques