Monatsschr Kinderh
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Case Reports
[Nonsurgical removal of iatrogenic intracardiac foreign bodies. A study in a 5-month-old infant].
The development of new techniques and special catheter instruments permit iatrogenically embolized polyethylene catheter fragments to be retrieved nonsurgically. A case is reported in which a fragment of a central venous catheter was removed from the right atrium and ventricle by a DORMIA catheter in a 5-month-old child. The literature concerning nonsurgical retrieval of catheters is reviewed and indications for removal and complications discussed.