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Paradoxical embolization of a fractured guidewire: Successful retrieval from left atrium using a snare device
Author(s) -
Casserly Ivan P.,
Goldstein Jeffrey A.,
Rogers Jason H.,
Lasala John M.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.10261
Subject(s) - medicine , embolization , percutaneous , left atrium , radiology , cardiac catheterization , surgery , right atrium , cardiology , atrial fibrillation
In adults, paradoxical embolization of catheters or guidewire fragments related to central venous catheterization is a rare phenomenon. Reports of successful percutaneous retrieval of foreign bodies from the left atrium is also rare. We describe the successful percutaneous retrieval of a fractured guidewire that had undergone paradoxical embolization to the left atrium in an adult patient. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2002;57:34–38. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.