Successful Retrieval of a Migrated Shunt Catheter Causing Severe Pulmonary Insufficiency

We report a case of a woman who presented with worsening shortness of breath due to a migrated ventriculoatrial shunt catheter into the pulmonary artery causing severe pulmonary insufficiency. She underwent surgical catheter removal. The majority of the catheter was easily retrieved; however, there...

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Autores principales: Aoi, Shunsuke, Di Luozzo, Gabriele, Torregrossa, Gianluca, Finkielstein, Dennis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5989545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29911011
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_81_17
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Sumario:We report a case of a woman who presented with worsening shortness of breath due to a migrated ventriculoatrial shunt catheter into the pulmonary artery causing severe pulmonary insufficiency. She underwent surgical catheter removal. The majority of the catheter was easily retrieved; however, there were areas where the catheter was embedded into the myocardium, which would have posed a challenge with an endovascular approach.

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