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Title: Percutaneous Untying of a Knot in a Retained Swan-Ganz Catheter

Journal Article · · Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/S002700010047· OSTI ID:21083650
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  1. Department of Radiology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool L7 (United Kingdom)

A patient was referred to us with a tightly knotted Swan-Ganz catheter. The catheter could not be removed by conventional simple methods. We describe a minimally invasive means of removal of the catheter using an Amplatz gooseneck snare and an angioplasty balloon. This allowed the catheter to be removed without trauma.

OSTI ID:
21083650
Journal Information:
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Vol. 23, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1007/s002700010047; Copyright (c) 2000 Springer-Verlag New York Inc; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0174-1551
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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