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Published on: February 7, 2018
Percutaneous tamponade of inadvertent transthoracic catheterization of the aorta
E M Walser1, W N Crow, J B Zwischenberger
1Department of Radiology and Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0709, USA.
Abstract:
During routine placement of a subclavian central venous catheter for cancer chemotherapy, a sheath was inadvertently placed into the aortic arch, through the left lung. We describe a technique for transthoracic compression of the aortic injury using the sheath in conjunction with an occlusion balloon catheter.
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