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Intrapulmonary Artery and Intrabronchial Migration and Extraction of a Fragment of J‐Shaped Atrial Pacing Catheter
Author(s) -
TATOU E.,
LEFEZ C.,
REYBETDEGAT O.,
WOLF J.E.,
LOUIS P.,
FAVRE J.P.,
DAVID M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00421.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchus , fluoroscopy , foreign body , perforation , bronchoscopy , left pulmonary artery , pulmonary artery , catheter , flexible bronchoscopy , foreign bodies , complication , radiology , cardiology , surgery , lung , respiratory disease , materials science , metallurgy , punching
A fragment of a fractured Telectronics Atrial Accufix 330–801 lead asymptomatically perforated the adjacent bronchus and was detected on routine chest X‐ray. The metallic fragment was located by chest CT scan and bronchial fluoroscopy to lie between the right lobar bronchus and the pulmonary artery, confirming bronchial perforation. The foreign body was removed without complication by direct visualisation with rigid bronchoscopy.