• Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol · Jan 1999

    Case Reports

    Percutaneous retrieval of a central venous catheter sutured to the wall of the right atrium.

    • J M Neuerburg, R W Günther, K Chalabi, and D Hunter.
    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Technology Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52057 Aachen, Germany.
    • Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1999 Jan 1; 22 (1): 79-80.

    AbstractA transjugular central venous catheter was inadvertently sutured to the wall of the right atrium in a 63-year-old female during coronary bypass surgery. Using two nitinol Goose Neck snares via a transfemoral and a transjugular approach the catheter was severed into two pieces and retrieved percutaneously.

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