SUCCESSFUL RETRIEVAL OF A KNOTTED PULMONARY-ARTERY CATHETER TRAPPED IN THE RIGHT VENTRICLE USING A DORMIER BASKET

Authors
HOOD S MCALPINE HM DAVIDSON JAH
Citation
S. Hood et al., SUCCESSFUL RETRIEVAL OF A KNOTTED PULMONARY-ARTERY CATHETER TRAPPED IN THE RIGHT VENTRICLE USING A DORMIER BASKET, Scottish Medical Journal, 42(6), 1997, pp. 184-184
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Scottish Medical Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00369330
Volume
42
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
184 - 184
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-9330(1997)42:6<184:SROAKP>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We report the case of a 71 year old patient in whom a pulmonary artery catheter (Swan Ganz) formed a knot which was fixed within the right v entricle in the region of the tricuspid valve annulus. The catheter wa s successfully dislodged to the right atrium, subsequently snared by a dormier basked advanced from the right femoral vein and retrieved by localised cut down of the femoral vein.