In two patients, indwelling polyethylene catheters embolized to the pulmonary artery after being dislodged into the venous circulation during resuscitative efforts. Both were successfully extracted using a snare catheter. The use of radio-opaque material for indwelling catheters provides a valuable aid in the event of one being dislodged. The use of the snare catheter may obviate the needfor th...

The pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) has been used for decades in the diagnosis and treatment of critically ill patients, but knowledge of PAC waveform interpretation remains inadequate among physicians and nurses. Inspired by the relative success of EKG interpretation programs, this study investigates the feasibility of computerized PAC waveform interpretation. Clinician-provided contextual dat...

Pulmonary artery haemorrhage is thankfully a very rare complication following pulmonary artery catheter insertion. It carries a significant mortality of 50%, and most cases are managed conservatively or with embolization therapy. We present an occult case, in which a patient presented with haemodynamic compromise without haemoptysis or significant haemothorax, who required surgical intervention...

In this case report, we present the occlusion of multiple coronary artery fistulae originating from proximal left anterior descending (LAD) and right sinus valsavla and empting to the pulmonary artery at the same place. We occluded LAD fistulae by using thrombus aspiration catheter as a delivery guide. To the best of our knowlege, this is the first case of occlusion of coronary fistulae with th...

A DOUBLE-LUMEN flotation catheter* is now used regularly in myocardial infarction research units to obtain right heart pressures in acutely ill patients. It has proven a safe and reliable method of obtaining right heart pressures without fluoroscopy. The technique is simple: A 5-French double-lumen catheter with a small inflatable rubber balloon just proximal to the tip is inserted into a perip...

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