Percutaneous removal of a fractured right heart catheter from the apex of the right ventricle |
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Authors: | J Bourke D S Reid A H Brown |
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Institution: | Regional Cardiothoracic Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K. |
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Abstract: | A 58-year-old woman underwent right and left heart catheterization for suspected ischaemic heart disease with ventricular tachycardia. During the procedure a Bourassa catheter fractured and lodged at the right ventricular apex. Under general anaesthesia and radiographic screening the fragment was removed using a bronchoscopy biopsy forceps via the jugular vein after other methods had failed. This case highlights the need for familiarity with several techniques for the removal of such fragments. |
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