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Percutaneous Removal of a Pulmonary Artery Catheter Inadvertently Sutured to the Heart During Valve Surgery

A 74-year old woman underwent “mini-mitral” valve surgery via a right thoracotomy. The pulmonary artery catheter could not be removed thereafter and was found to be pierced by the atriotomy suture. Removal was performed by percutaneously lacerating the catheter above and below the suture, leaving be...

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Autores principales: Garg, Lohit, Arkles, Jeffrey S., Schaller, Robert D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8304588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.07.065