Impaction of a Percutaneous Heart Pump in Iliac Artery and Its Removal Using Snare

In the process of forceful pulling out of an entangled placement guidewire, the percutaneous heart pump catheter folded in on itself and, on withdrawal farther down in the aorta, became impacted in the right common iliac artery. We describe the removal of this impacted catheter with the help of snar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Jain, Deepak, Keil, Sebastian, Weil, Joachim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Imaging Vignette
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8543162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34729512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.08.007
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Sumario:In the process of forceful pulling out of an entangled placement guidewire, the percutaneous heart pump catheter folded in on itself and, on withdrawal farther down in the aorta, became impacted in the right common iliac artery. We describe the removal of this impacted catheter with the help of snare. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

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