Unique use of a tip-deflecting guide wire in removing a catheter embolus from an infant
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Pediatric Cardiology
- Vol. 8 (2), 117-119
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02079466
Abstract
An umbilical catheter fragment embolus in a neonate was difficult to approach due to fixation of both ends, in the left atrial appendage and the ductus venosus, respectively. A tip-deflecting guide wire was used in unique fashion to free the catheter fragment and allow its percutaneous removal via the femoral vein approach.Keywords
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