Abstract
We report a case of a retrieval of an iatrogenically placed guidewire introducer from the proximal stump of an obstructed inferior vena cava. The retrieval of the foreign body was achieved by a technique that we have named the “catheter-capture technique.”
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Kim, S.H., Song, I.S., Kim, J.H. et al. Retrieval of a guidewire introducer by catheter-capture from the proximal inferior vena cava: Technical note. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 14, 252–253 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02578473
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