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Retained Catheter Dilator in Right Ventricular Outflow Tract for 22 Years
Author(s) -
Holley Christopher T.,
Whitson Bryan A.,
Bertog Stefan C.,
Kelly Rosemary F.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12180
Subject(s) - medicine , dilator , ventricular outflow tract , outflow , catheter , cardiology , surgery , physics , meteorology
We report the case of a 61‐year‐old male with a retained catheter dilator in the right ventricular outflow tract for over 22 years. The management of retained intravascular foreign objects in the myocardium is reviewed. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12180 (J Card Surg 2013;28:679–682)
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