| Literature DB >> 8685760 |
G D Roye1, E E Breazeale, J P Byrnes, L W Rue.
Abstract
Catheter emboli are a significant risk to patient well-being. With a 49% complication rate for indwelling catheter emboli, the consensus is that these foreign bodies should be removed. Preferably, the emboli are removed by percutaneous extraction; however, if the emboli are in the heart or central vasculature and percutaneous extraction fails, then thoracotomy with operative removal is necessary. We analyze the literature on catheter emboli and present a case showing that extraction of embolized fragments is not always possible.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID： 8685760 DOI： 10.1097/00007611-199607000-00013
Source DB: PubMed Journal: South Med J ISSN： 0038-4348 Impact factor: 0.954