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Percutaneous Retrieval of a Central Venous Catheter Sutured to the Wall of the Right Atrium

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A transjugular central venous catheter was inadvertently sutured to the wall of the right atrium in a 63-year-old female during coronary bypass surgery. Using two nitinol Goose Neck snares via a transfemoral and a transjugular approach the catheter was severed into two pieces and retrieved percutaneously.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Technology Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52057 Aachen, Germany, DE

    Jörg-M. Neuerburg & Rolf W. Günther

  2. Department of Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Technology Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52057 Aachen, Germany, DE

    Khaled Chalabi

  3. Department of Radiology, Fairview-University Medical Center, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Box 292, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA, US

    David Hunter

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Neuerburg, JM., Günther, R., Chalabi, K. et al. Percutaneous Retrieval of a Central Venous Catheter Sutured to the Wall of the Right Atrium. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 22, 79–80 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002709900335

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