Percutaneous retrieval of catheter fragments from heart and great vessels: five cases.

Percutaneous retrieval of catheter fragments from heart and great vessels: five cases.

Percutaneous retrieval of central venous catheter fragments.

Children with indwelling central venous catheters are at risk of embolisation of catheter fragments. Often their underlying condition means that they are poor candidates for surgical removal. We describe six children who underwent uncomplicated percutaneous transcatheter retrieval (and one who underwent percutaneous line tip repositioning), and suggest that this approach should be the treatment...

Radiology of the Heart and Great Vessels

The methods used in .r-ray examination of the heart and great vessels of the thorax include fluoroscopy and radiography, measurement of the cardiac diameters, and special observations after a ' barium swallow \ Owing to the divergence of the rays from the anode of the x-ray tube, there is much distortion of the image if the tube is close to the chest; so, to get an accurate representation of th...

Congenital anomalíes of the heart and great vessels.

Let's read! We will often find out this sentence everywhere. When still being a kid, mom used to order us to always read, so did the teacher. Some books are fully read in a week and we need the obligation to support reading. What about now? Do you still love reading? Is reading only for you who have obligation? Absolutely not! We here offer you a new book enPDFd an atlas of congenital anomalies...

Non-traumatizing percutaneous right heart catheter.

A new catheter suitable for right heart catheterization with percutaneous technique is described. It is made out of the standard PE i6o catheter. The catheter tip does not irritate the myocardium because it has an end loop and the catheter cannot enter fine vessels. The catheter is also easily passed to the pulmonary artery without the aid of x-rays. It has proved useful in pulmonary artery cat...