Abstract
We present four patients in whom bedside placement of a central venous catheter was complicated by entrapment of a J-tip guidewire by a previously placed vena cava (VC) filter. Two Venatech filters were fragmented and displaced into the superior VC or brachiocephalic vein during attempted withdrawal of the entrapped wire. Two stainless-steel Greenfield filters remained in place and intact. Fluoroscopically guided extraction of both wires entrapped by Greenfield filters was successfully performed in the angiography suite.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 424-428 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Cardiovascular and interventional radiology |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 1998 |
Keywords
- Catheters and catheterization, Complications
- Foreign bodies
- Interventional procedures
- Vena cava filter
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine