INDWELLING PERICARDIAL DRAINAGE CATHETER BREAK SECONDARY TO HEART MOVEMENT AND CATHETER ANGULATION

Authors
JOHNSON CT OSBORN LA
Citation
Ct. Johnson et La. Osborn, INDWELLING PERICARDIAL DRAINAGE CATHETER BREAK SECONDARY TO HEART MOVEMENT AND CATHETER ANGULATION, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 42(1), 1997, pp. 58-60
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
42
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
58 - 60
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1997)42:1<58:IPDCBS>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We report on a case of a pericardial drainage catheter that severed on attempted removal, Surgery was required to remove the retained portio n, No manufacturing defects were found on analysis of the catheter. Sh ear forces due to heart movement and the angle of catheter entry into the pericardium were the suspected reasons for the catheter disruption . (C) 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.