Percutaneous extraction of a knotted pulmonary artery catheter and an entrapped tined pacing lead in two dogs.

abstract

• Catheters and pacing leads may become entrapped within the heart necessitating the use of creative measures for extraction while preventing damage to cardiac structures. This report describes the percutaneous extraction of a knotted pulmonary artery catheter and an entrapped tined pacing lead in two dogs. In both cases, a long transseptal sheath was advanced over the catheter or pacing lead and used to facilitate removal of the entrapped devices without causing damage to the heart.

authors

• Martinez, Elizabeth
• Saunders, Ashley

published proceedings

• J Vet Cardiol

author list (cited authors)

• Saunders, A. B., Martinez, E. A., & Miller, M. W.

citation count

• 6

complete list of authors

• Saunders, Ashley B||Martinez, Elizabeth A||Miller, Matthew W

publication date

• November 2007

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Veterinary Cardiology  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Catheterization, Swan-ganz
• Device Removal
• Dogs
• Equipment Failure
• Female
• Foreign Bodies
• Male
• Pacemaker, Artificial
• Treatment Outcome

PubMed Central ID

• 18061548

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.jvc.2007.06.002

start page

• 119

end page

• 122

volume

• 9

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvc.2007.06.002