Transthoracic 2D echocardiographic guidance for percutaneous removal of a nonopaque intracardiac catheter fragment

A radiolucent fragment of a fractured central venous catheter embolized to the right heart resulting in life-threatening dysrhythmias in a middle-aged male patient who had undergone orthotopic liver transplantation 1 day earlier. The fragment was removed via the right transjugular route using sonogr...

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Published in:Cardiovascular and interventional radiology 1993, Vol.16 (1), p.58-60
Main Authors: SPROAT, I. A, BIELKE, D, CRUMMY, A. B, RAHKO, P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac Catheterization - methods
Cardiac Complexes, Premature - etiology
Catheterization, Swan-Ganz - adverse effects
Catheterization, Swan-Ganz - instrumentation
Diseases of the cardiovascular system
Echocardiography
Foreign Bodies - diagnostic imaging
Foreign Bodies - etiology
Foreign Bodies - therapy
Heart
Humans
Liver Transplantation
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Tachycardia, Supraventricular - etiology
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Summary:A radiolucent fragment of a fractured central venous catheter embolized to the right heart resulting in life-threatening dysrhythmias in a middle-aged male patient who had undergone orthotopic liver transplantation 1 day earlier. The fragment was removed via the right transjugular route using sonographic guidance to entrap the fragment with a brightly echogenic snare. The technique described protects the caval anastomoses in the liver transplant recipient and overcomes the limitation of fluoroscopy in removing radiolucent bodies.
ISSN:0174-1551
1432-086X
DOI:10.1007/BF02603041