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Subtotal intracardiac fragmentation of a pulmonary artery catheter during cardiac surgery: a rare complication of bipolar atrial ablation

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  1. Center for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    Constantin J. C. Trepte, Sebastian A. Haas, Matthias S. Goepfert & Daniel A. Reuter

  2. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

    Florian M. Wagner

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Trepte, C.J.C., Haas, S.A., Goepfert, M.S. et al. Subtotal intracardiac fragmentation of a pulmonary artery catheter during cardiac surgery: a rare complication of bipolar atrial ablation. J Anesth 27, 147–148 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-012-1475-6

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