PERCUTANEOUS RETRIEVAL OF A BROKEN SILASTIC CATHETER FROM THE LEFT ATRIUM IN A CRITICALLY ILL PREMATURE-INFANT

Authors
MASSIN M LOMBET J RIGO J
Citation
M. Massin et al., PERCUTANEOUS RETRIEVAL OF A BROKEN SILASTIC CATHETER FROM THE LEFT ATRIUM IN A CRITICALLY ILL PREMATURE-INFANT, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 42(4), 1997, pp. 409-411
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
42
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
409 - 411
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1997)42:4<409:PROABS>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A critically ill premature neonate (birthweight 1,395 g, gestational a ge 30 wk) had a broken silastic catheter lodged in the left atrium, We successfully retrieved the foreign body by percutaneous approach usin g a helical basket catheter under echocardiographic control, Such a th erapeutical option for a broken, lightly radiopaque catheter has not b een previously described in very low birthweight, critically ill infan ts. (C) 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.