Hong B, Park H, Yoon Y, Jung C, Kim YH, Lim CS. Interventional Removal of Knotted Pulmonary Artery Catheter: A Case Report.
J Intensive Care Med 2017;
33:322-324. [PMID:
28946777 DOI:
10.1177/0885066617733933]
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Abstract
A 60-year-old female patient underwent emergency cadaveric liver transplantation. During the insertion of the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) through the left innominate vein, advancement of the catheter was not successful and a knot occurred. An interventional radiologist performed antegrade rigid wire insertion into the PAC and succeeded in loosening the knot in the vessel. We report the successful removal of a knot through intervention without additional invasive procedures in a hemodynamically unstable patient with a coagulopathy.
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