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Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn · Nov 1995
Case ReportsPercutaneous retrieval of a broken umbilical catheter from left atrium in a premature newborn.
- C E Ruiz, G A Nystrom, A I Butt, and H P Zhang.
- Division of Cardiology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, California, USA.
- Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1995 Nov 1; 36 (3): 265-8.
AbstractA 30-week gestational age baby boy weighing 1,117 g born with cesarian section had a broken umbilical vein catheter lodged in the left superior pulmonary vein. We successfully retrieved the foreign body by percutaneous approach using a pigtail catheter and a snare wire under portable fluoroscopy.
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