PERCUTANEOUS TAMPONADE OF INADVERTENT TRANSTHORACIC CATHETERIZATION OF THE AORTA

Authors
WALSER EM CROW WN ZWISCHENBERGER JB CONTI VR
Citation
Em. Walser et al., PERCUTANEOUS TAMPONADE OF INADVERTENT TRANSTHORACIC CATHETERIZATION OF THE AORTA, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 62(3), 1996, pp. 895-896
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
62
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
895 - 896
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1996)62:3<895:PTOITC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
During routine placement of a subclavian central venous catheter for c ancer chemotherapy, a sheath was inadvertently placed into the aortic arch, through the left lung. We describe a technique for transthoracic compression of the aortic injury using the sheath in conjunction with an occlusion balloon catheter.