Transcatheter Removal of Embolized Port Catheters from the Hearts of Two Children

Embolization of a port catheter is a dangerous and serious complication. In this paper, we present two cases of children, aged 4.5 months and 6 years, in whom port catheters had embolized to the right ventricle one month and 1.5 years priorly, respectively; the port catheters were retrieved via snar...

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Autores principales: Baspinar, Osman, Sulu, Ayse, Sahin, Derya Aydin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4429208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26064697
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/973196
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description Embolization of a port catheter is a dangerous and serious complication. In this paper, we present two cases of children, aged 4.5 months and 6 years, in whom port catheters had embolized to the right ventricle one month and 1.5 years priorly, respectively; the port catheters were retrieved via snaring.
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spelling pubmed-44292082015-06-10 Transcatheter Removal of Embolized Port Catheters from the Hearts of Two Children Baspinar, Osman Sulu, Ayse Sahin, Derya Aydin Case Rep Cardiol Case Report Embolization of a port catheter is a dangerous and serious complication. In this paper, we present two cases of children, aged 4.5 months and 6 years, in whom port catheters had embolized to the right ventricle one month and 1.5 years priorly, respectively; the port catheters were retrieved via snaring. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4429208/ /pubmed/26064697 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/973196 Text en Copyright © 2015 Osman Baspinar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Transcatheter Removal of Embolized Port Catheters from the Hearts of Two Children
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title_short Transcatheter Removal of Embolized Port Catheters from the Hearts of Two Children
title_sort transcatheter removal of embolized port catheters from the hearts of two children
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4429208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26064697
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/973196
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