Removal of a Knotted Pulmonary Artery Catheter Using a

J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Apr 2022

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Removal of a Knotted Pulmonary Artery Catheter Using a Percutaneous Tracheostomy Set.

Placement of a pulmonary artery catheter is not a risk-free technique. Related incidents include ventricular arrhythmias, air embolisms, pulmonary artery perforation, infections, or catheter thrombosis. Herein the authors report a rare complication-the intracardiac knotting and its successful extraction using a percutaneous tracheostomy set in a hemodynamically compromised patient after a heart transplant.

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- Rafael Arboleda Salazar, Damaris Rodriguez Delgado, Clara Perosanz Silvo, and Andrea Eixeres Esteve.
- Department of Anesthesia, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: rafael.arboleda@salud.madrid.org.
- J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. 2022 Apr 1; 36 (4): 1123-1126.
AbstractPlacement of a pulmonary artery catheter is not a risk-free technique. Related incidents include ventricular arrhythmias, air embolisms, pulmonary artery perforation, infections, or catheter thrombosis. Herein the authors report a rare complication-the intracardiac knotting and its successful extraction using a percutaneous tracheostomy set in a hemodynamically compromised patient after a heart transplant.Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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