TY - JOUR
T1 - Entrapment of pulmonary artery catheter in a suture at the inferior vena cava cannulation site
AU - Huang, Liguang
AU - Elsharydah, Ahmad
AU - Nawabi, Atta
AU - Cork, Randall C.
PY - 2004/11
Y1 - 2004/11
N2 - Entrapment of a pulmonary artery catheter (Swan-Ganz catheter) in the heart, vena cava, or pulmonary artery is a very rare and serious complication that may lead to life-threatening complications such as cardiac rupture, pulmonary artery rupture, cardiac tamponade, among others, if not recognized and treated early. We report entrapment of a Swan-Ganz catheter in the purse-string suture at the inferior vena cava cannulation site for a patient undergoing aortic valve replacement. This situation required a repeat sternotomy to release the pulmonary artery catheter.
AB - Entrapment of a pulmonary artery catheter (Swan-Ganz catheter) in the heart, vena cava, or pulmonary artery is a very rare and serious complication that may lead to life-threatening complications such as cardiac rupture, pulmonary artery rupture, cardiac tamponade, among others, if not recognized and treated early. We report entrapment of a Swan-Ganz catheter in the purse-string suture at the inferior vena cava cannulation site for a patient undergoing aortic valve replacement. This situation required a repeat sternotomy to release the pulmonary artery catheter.
KW - Catheterization: complications, entrapment
KW - Swan-Ganz catheter
KW - pulmonary artery catheter
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jclinane.2004.02.003
DO - 10.1016/j.jclinane.2004.02.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 15590265
AN - SCOPUS:10044225683
SN - 0952-8180
VL - 16
SP - 557
EP - 559
JO - Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
JF - Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
IS - 7
ER -