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Angelo Bruno Ramondo1, Luca Favero, Raffaello Chioin
1Department of Interventional Cardiology, University of Padova Medical School, Padova, Italy. aramondoit@yahoo.it
Abstract:
We performed a percutaneous retrieval of a broken catheter from the left atrium in an adult patient using transseptal left heart catheterization and a helical basket guidewire. To our knowledge, this is the first description of such a therapeutical option for a foreign body lodged in the left atrium of an adult patient.
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