PLASTIC CATHETER EMBOLISM TO THE RIGHT HEART: A TECHNIQUE OF NON‐SURGICAL REMOVAL
- 1 October 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 2 (17) , 854-856
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb92589.x
Abstract
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.Keywords
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