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An unusual cause of ventricular tachycardia: Port-A-Cath fracture and embolization into the pulmonary artery

We describe the case of a patient with a previously placed Port-A-Cath who was admitted to hospital for new onset of non-flushing catheter and palpitations with ventricular tachycardia. A chest X-ray and a linogram showed a Port-A-Cath fracture and distal embolization into the right ventricle result...

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Autores principales: Wassef, Anthony W.A., Kass, Malek, Parmar, Gurpreet, Ravandi, Amir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wichtig 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4774947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27004095