Paradoxical embolization of a fractured guidewire: successful retrieval from left atrium using a snare device. |
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| Authors: | Ivan P Casserly Jeffrey A Goldstein Jason H Rogers John M Lasala |
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| Affiliation: | Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. icaccerly@im.wustl.edu |
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| Abstract: | In adults, paradoxical embolization of catheters or guidewire fragments related to central venous catheterization is a rare phenomenon. Reports of successful percutaneous retrieval of foreign bodies from the left atrium is also rare. We describe the successful percutaneous retrieval of a fractured guidewire that had undergone paradoxical embolization to the left atrium in an adult patient. |
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| Keywords: | foreign body patent foramen ovale percutaneous retrieval |
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