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Ann Thorac Surg 1996;62:895-896
© 1996 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Report

Percutaneous Tamponade of Inadvertent Transthoracic Catheterization of the Aorta

Eric M. Walser, MD, Wayne N. Crow, MD, Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD, Vincent R. Conti, MD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Departments of Radiology and Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

Accepted for publication March 28, 1996.

During routine placement of a subclavian central venous catheter for cancer 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.




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