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Basket removal of intraatrial catheter after liver transplantation: technical note
1Department of Radiology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, University Hospital, Missouri 63110-0250.
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
A fragment of an intravenous catheter, lodged in the right atrium of a patient after a recent liver transplant, was removed percutaneously. Extra care is needed in such patients if the transfemoral approach is used. Reasons for the additional precautions are discussed and a case history is provided.