Port-a-Cath perforation of the right atrium closed with an amplatzer ASD occluder. |
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| Authors: | Sunil Wani Florian Dick Bernhard Meier |
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| Affiliation: | Cardiology, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland. |
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| Abstract: | Right atrial perforation can lead to tamponade and death. Closure devices are used for sealing of shunts in the heart. We describe an indwelling catheter that caused perforation of the right atrium and was treated with a percutaneous closure device. |
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| Keywords: | indwelling catheter right atrial perforation closure device |
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