Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis
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Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn · Nov 1995
Case ReportsPercutaneous retrieval of a broken umbilical catheter from left atrium in a premature newborn.
A 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.