Percutaneous untying of a knot in a retained Swan-Ganz catheter.

Bhatti, W A; Sinha, S; Rowlands, P

Bhatti, W A; Sinha, S; Rowlands, P.

Affiliation

Bhatti WA; Department of Radiology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool L7, UK.

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol ; 23(3): 224-5, 2000.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10821898

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

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.

Subject(s)

Angioplasty, Balloon/methods; Catheterization, Swan-Ganz/instrumentation; Foreign Bodies/therapy; Aged; Catheterization, Swan-Ganz/adverse effects; Catheterization, Swan-Ganz/methods; Equipment Failure; Foreign Bodies/etiology; Heart Failure/therapy; Humans; Male; Monitoring, Physiologic/instrumentation; Sensitivity and Specificity; Suture Techniques

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Angioplasty, Balloon / Foreign Bodies Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies Limits: Aged / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol Year: 2000 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United kingdom

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