GUIDE-WIRE OUTER COAT SHEARING AND EMBOLIZATION - AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF PERICARDIOCENTESIS

Authors
REDDY SCB KAMATH P TALWAR KK SAXENA A WASIR HS
Citation
Scb. Reddy et al., GUIDE-WIRE OUTER COAT SHEARING AND EMBOLIZATION - AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF PERICARDIOCENTESIS, International journal of cardiology, 60(1), 1997, pp. 15-18
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
International journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01675273
Volume
60
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
15 - 18
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-5273(1997)60:1<15:GOCSAE>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We report a case of shearing of the outer coat of the guide wire and i ts embolization into the pulmonary artery during pericardiocentesis. T his unusual foreign body was successfully removed by pervenous method. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.