Port-a-cath embolisation to pulmonary artery
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Catheter-based Endovascular Angioplasty for Fibrosing Mediastinitis-associated Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
Published on: August 26, 2025
Vijaya Raj Bhatt1, Shilpi Gupta, Joseph Lowry
1Department of Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York, USA. vrbhatta@gmail.com
Abstract:
Intravascular embolisation of catheter, a relatively uncommon event associated with the use of totally implanted port devices, can have serious cardiovascular, pulmonary and septic complications with an overall mortality of 1.8%. Here, the authors report an asymptomatic patient with pulmonary artery catheter embolisation diagnosed incidentally in a positron emission tomography scan who underwent successful percutaneous extraction of the catheter in an attempt to avoid the possible dreadful complications.
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