Nonsurgical Removal of a Kinked Right Coronary Catheter
- 1 September 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Angiology
- Vol. 35 (9) , 601-603
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000331978403500910
Abstract
Cardiac catheterization is a commonly performed procedure affording valu able data. Catheter related complications such as catheter knotting, fracture, and collapse have been reported. Occasionally surgery is needed to extricate an entrapped catheter when nonsurgical means are unsuccessful. We describe a case of kinking of a right coronary catheter during transfemoral coronary arte riography, so that the catheter could not be withdrawn. A simple, nontraumatic method facilitated removal of the kinked catheter and permitted completion of the procedure, obviating the need for surgery.Keywords
This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- Letter to the editorCatheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis, 1983
- Fracture of a polyurethane cardiac catheter in the aortic arch: A complication related to polymer agingCatheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis, 1983
- Removal of a Knotted Flow-Directed Catheter by a Nonsurgical MethodAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1980
- Percutaneous left heart catheterization and coronary arteriography using a femoral artery sheathCatheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis, 1979
- Knotting of a flow-directed catheter about a cardiac structureCatheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis, 1977