Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1027
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Images in cardiothoracic surgery
Percutaneous unknotting and retrieval of Swan-Ganz catheter
Eric M. Walser, MDa,
Clare Savage, MDb,
Orhan Ozkan, MDa,
Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD*a,b
a Department of Radiology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
b Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
* Address reprint requests to Dr Zwischenberger, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555-0528, USA
e-mail: jzwische@utmb.edu
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An 18-month-old boy had a Swan-Ganz catheter inserted through the right femoral vein. A chest roentgenogram after placement showed that the catheter was advanced too far and was curled with multiple loops in the right atrium. Under fluoroscopy, the . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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