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Transvascular retrieval of an accidentally ejected tip occluder and wire
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
|January 1, 1982
Abstract:
Accidental ejection of a tip occluder and wire and subsequent damage of the angiographic catheter tip is described as well as retrieval of the wire. A complication of the final removal was intimal tear and thrombus formation close to the puncture site. Successful thrombectomy and vascular repair was performed. No other complication was encountered.