Aberrant Trajectory Of A Central Venous Catheter.
REVISTA PORTUGUESA DE CIRURGIA CARDIO-TORACICA E VASCULAR : ORGAO OFICIAL DA SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA DE CIRURGIA CARDIO-TORACICA E VASCULAR 2020;
27:141. [PMID:
32707626]
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Abstract
During placement of a central venous catheter into the right subclavian vein it was found to be impossible to extract the guidewire. An Angio-Computed Tomography was performed, showing an aberrant guidewire path, as the image shows. An urgent mini-sternotomy was performed to extract both catheter and guidewire under direct visualization.
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