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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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4774947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27004095
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author Wassef, Anthony W.A.
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description 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 resulting in ventricular tachycardia. The catheter was removed percutaneously using a Goose Neck snare with no complications and resolution of the ventricular tachycardia. The removed segment demonstrated thrombus. Prompt removal of the embolized catheter fragments should be undertaken given the subtle nature of the embolization and the potential complications.
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spelling pubmed-47749472016-03-21 An unusual cause of ventricular tachycardia: Port-A-Cath fracture and embolization into the pulmonary artery Wassef, Anthony W.A. Kass, Malek Parmar, Gurpreet Ravandi, Amir Heart Int Case Report 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 resulting in ventricular tachycardia. The catheter was removed percutaneously using a Goose Neck snare with no complications and resolution of the ventricular tachycardia. The removed segment demonstrated thrombus. Prompt removal of the embolized catheter fragments should be undertaken given the subtle nature of the embolization and the potential complications. Wichtig 2014-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4774947/ /pubmed/27004095 Text en Copyright © 2014, Wichtig Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ © 2014 The Authors. This article is published by Wichtig Publishing and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NC-ND 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Any commercial use is not permitted and is subject to Publisher’s permissions. Full information is available at www.wichtig.com
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An unusual cause of ventricular tachycardia: Port-A-Cath fracture and embolization into the pulmonary artery
title An unusual cause of ventricular tachycardia: Port-A-Cath fracture and embolization into the pulmonary artery
title_full An unusual cause of ventricular tachycardia: Port-A-Cath fracture and embolization into the pulmonary artery
title_fullStr An unusual cause of ventricular tachycardia: Port-A-Cath fracture and embolization into the pulmonary artery
title_full_unstemmed An unusual cause of ventricular tachycardia: Port-A-Cath fracture and embolization into the pulmonary artery
title_short An unusual cause of ventricular tachycardia: Port-A-Cath fracture and embolization into the pulmonary artery
title_sort unusual cause of ventricular tachycardia: port-a-cath fracture and embolization into the pulmonary artery
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4774947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27004095
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