SUCCESSFUL NONSURGICAL EXTRACTION OF A KNOTTED PULMONARY-ARTERY CATHETER TRAPPED IN THE RIGHT VENTRICLE

被引:14
作者
TREMBLAY, N
TAILLEFER, J
HARDY, JF
机构
[1] Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, Montréal, HIT 1C8, Quebec, 5000, rue Bélanger est
来源
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA-JOURNAL CANADIEN D ANESTHESIE | 1992年 / 39卷 / 03期
关键词
EQUIPMENT; CATHETER; PULMONARY ARTERIAL; COMPLICATIONS; ACCIDENTS;
D O I
10.1007/BF03008793
中图分类号
R614 [麻醉学];
学科分类号
100217 ;
摘要
A patient is presented in whom a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) formed a knot which was fixed in the region of the tricuspid valve chordea. The PAC was successfully and nonsurgically freed from its attachment and removed. A guide wire was introduced by the distal port of the PAC and under fluoroscopy the PAC was manipulated free and then extracted easily.
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页码:293 / 295
页数:3
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