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PLASTIC CATHETER EMBOLISM TO THE RIGHT HEART: A TECHNIQUE OF NON‐SURGICAL REMOVAL
Author(s) -
Bett J. H. N.,
Anderson S. T.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb92589.x
Subject(s) - catheter , right heart , medicine , embolism , surgery , radiology
We present two cases of embolization of fragments of intravenous catheter to the right heart, in which the fragments were removed with a catheter‐snare assembly introduced from a peripheral vein.