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Published on: December 23, 2014
Percutaneous image-guided management of a misplaced pericardiocentesis catheter into the inferior vena cava
Haytham Derbel1,2, Mahdi Krichen3, Youssef Zaarour3
1Medical Imaging Department, Henri Mondor University Hospital AP-HP, 51 avenue du Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, Creteil 94010, France.
Abstract:
Misplacement of pericardiocentesis catheter in central veins is a rare complication that can be managed with several methods. In this case, we report a percutaneous image-guided plug-assisted management of a misplaced pericardiocentesis catheter into the inferior vena cava through a transhepatic tract successfully occluded. This minimally invasive technique was not previously described in this setting and had a favorable long-term outcome.

