Pulmonary artery rupture induced by a pulmonary artery catheter: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 291-296

  Abreu, Alexandre R ^a   Campos, Michael A ^a   Krieger, Bruce P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemoptysis; Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm; Swan Ganz catheter; Transcatheter embolization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURE; SWAN GANZ CATHETER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANGIOGRAPHY; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; PULMONARY ARTERY; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE;

EID: 14844335085     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066604265255     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Swan HJ, Ganz W, Forrester J, et al. Catheterization of the heart in man with use of a flow-directed balloon-tipped catheter. N Engl J Med. 1970 ; 283: 447-451.
2. Boyd KD, Thomas SJ, Gold J, et al. A prospective study of complications of pulmonary artery catheterizations in 500 consecutive patients. Chest. 1983 ; 84: 245-249.
3. Sprung CL, Elser B, Schein RM, et al. Risk of right bundlebranch block and complete heart block during pulmonary artery catheterization. Crit Care Med. 1989 ; 17: 1-3.
4. Sprung CL, Jacobs LJ, Caralis PV, et al. Ventricular arrhythmias during Swan-Ganz catheterization of the critically ill. Chest. 1981 ; 79: 413-415.
5. Rowley KM, Clubb KS, Smith GJ, et al. Right-sided infective endocarditis as a consequence of flow-directed pulmonaryartery catheterization: a clinicopathological study of 55 autopsied patients. N Engl J Med. 1984 ; 311: 1152-1156.
6. Boscoe MJ, de Lange S. Damage to the tricuspid valve with a Swan-Ganz catheter. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1981 ; 283: 346-347.
7. Lipp H, O'Donoghue K, Resnekov L. Intracardiac knotting of a flow-directed balloon catheter. N Engl J Med. 1971 ; 284: 220-220.
8. Arnaout S, Diab K, Al-Kutoubi A, et al. Rupture of the chordae of the tricuspid valve after knotting of the pulmonary artery catheter. Chest. 2001 ; 120: 1742-1744.
9. Racionero MA, Prados C, Acitores I, et al. An infrequent complication of Swan-Ganz catheters. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 1995 ; 36: 519-520.
10. Chastre J, Cornud F, Bouchama A, et al. Thrombosis as a complication of pulmonary-artery catheterization via the internal jugular vein: prospective evaluation by phlebography. N Engl J Med. 1982 ; 306: 278-281.
11. Dye LE, Segall PH, Russell RO Jr, et al. Deep venous thrombosis of the upper extremity associated with use of the Swan-Ganz catheter. Chest. 1978 ; 73: 673-675.
12. Asteri T, Tsagaropoulou I, Vasiliadis K, et al. Beware Swan-Ganz complications: perioperative management. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2002 ; 43: 467-470.
13. Lyew MA, Bacon DR, Nesarajah MS. Right ventricular perforation by a pulmonary artery catheter during coronary artery bypass surgery. Anesth Analg. 1996 ; 82: 1089-1090.
14. Elliott CG, Zimmerman GA, Clemmer TP. Complications of pulmonary artery catheterization in the care of critically ill patients: a prospective study. Chest. 1979 ; 76: 647-652.
15. Chun GM, Ellestad MH. Perforation of the pulmonary artery by a Swan-Ganz catheter. N Engl J Med. 1971 ; 284: 1041-1042.
16. Fraser RS. Catheter-induced pulmonary artery perforation: pathologic and pathogenic features. Hum Pathol. 1987 ; 18: 1246-1251.
17. Fleisher AG, Tyers GF, Manning GT, et al. Management of massive hemoptysis secondary to catheter-induced perforation of the pulmonary artery during cardiopulmonary bypass. Chest. 1989 ; 95: 1340-1341.
18. Sirivella S, Gielchinsky I, Parsonnet V. Management of catheter-induced pulmonary artery perforation: a rare complication in cardiovascular operations. Ann Thorac Surg. 2001 ; 72: 2056-2059.
19. Kearney TJ, Shabot MM. Pulmonary artery rupture associated with the Swan-Ganz catheter. Chest. 1995 ; 108: 1349-1352.
20. Kelly TF Jr, Morris GC Jr, Crawford ES, et al. Perforation of the pulmonary artery with Swan-Ganz catheters: diagnosis and surgical management. Ann Surg. 1981 ; 193: 686-692.
21. You CK, Whatley GS. Swan-Ganz catheter-induced pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm: a case of complete resolution without intervention. Can J Surg. 1994 ; 37: 420-424.
22. Hannan AT, Brown M, Bigman O. Pulmonary artery catheter-induced hemorrhage. Chest. 1984 ; 85: 128-131.
23. Mullerworth MH, Angelopoulos P, Couyant MA, et al. Recognition and management of catheter-induced pulmonary artery rupture. Ann Thorac Surg. 1998 ; 66: 1242-1245.
24. Hardy JF, Morissette M, Taillefer J, et al. Pathophysiology of rupture of the pulmonary artery by pulmonary artery balloontipped catheters. Anesth Analg. 1983 ; 62: 925-930.
25. Karak P, Dimick R, Hamrick KM, et al. Immediate transcatheter embolization of Swan-Ganz catheter-induced pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm. Chest. 1997 ; 111: 1450-1452.
26. Barash PG, Nardi D, Hammond G, et al. Catheter-induced pulmonary artery perforation: mechanisms, management, and modifications. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1981 ; 82: 5-12.
27. Lois JF, Takiff H, Schechter MS, et al. Vessel rupture by balloon catheters complicating chronic steroid therapy. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1985 ; 144: 1073-1074.
28. Rapoport J, Teres D, Steingrub J, et al. Patient characteristics and ICU organizational factors that influence frequency of pulmonary artery catheterization. JAMA. 2000 ; 283: 2559-2567.
29. Shin B, Ayella RJ, McAslan TC. Pitfalls of Swan-Ganz catheterization. Crit Care Med. 1977 ; 5: 125-127.
30. Dieden JD, Friloux LA III, Renner JW. Pulmonary artery false aneurysms secondary to Swan-Ganz pulmonary artery catheters. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1987 ; 149: 901-906.
31. Guttentag AR, Shepard JA, McLoud TC. Catheter-induced pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm: the halo sign on CT. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1992 ; 158: 637-639.
32. Poplausky MR, Rozenblit G, Rundback JH, et al. Swan-Ganz catheter-induced pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm formation: three case reports and a review of the literature. Chest. 2001 ; 120: 2105-2111.
33. Kirton OC, Varon AJ, Henry RP, Civetta JM. Flow-directed pulmonary artery artery catheter-induced pseudoaneurysm: urgent diagnosis and endovascular obliteration. Crit Care Med. 1992 ; 20: 1178-1180.
34. Cicenia J, Shapira N, Jones M. Massive hemoptysis after coronary artery bypass grafting. Chest. 1996 ; 109: 267-270.
35. Gottwalles Y, Wunschel-Joseph ME, Hanssen M. Coil embolization treatment in pulmonary artery branch rupture during Swan-Ganz catheterization. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2000 ; 23: 477-479.
36. Jondeau G, Lacombe P, Rocha P, et al. Swan-Ganz catheterinduced rupture of the pulmonary artery: successful early management by transcatheter embolization. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1990 ; 19: 202-204.
37. Ray CE Jr, Kaufman JA, Geller SC, et al. Embolization of pulmonary catheter-induced pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms. Chest. 1996 ; 110: 1370-1373.
38. Markowitz DM, Hughes SH, Shaw C, et al. Transcatheter detachable balloon embolotherapy for catheter-induced pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm. J Thorac Imaging. 1991 ; 6: 75-78.
39. Chuang VP, Wallace S, Gianturco C, et al. Complications of coil embolization: prevention and management. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1981 ; 137: 809-813.
40. Tayoro J, Dequin PF, Delhommais A, et al. Rupture of pulmonary artery induced by Swan-Ganz catheter: success of coil embolization. Intensive Care Med. 1997 ; 23: 198-200.
41. DeLima LG, Wynands JE, Bourke ME, et al. Catheterinduced pulmonary artery false aneurysm and rupture: case report and review. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 1994 ; 8: 70-75.
42. Shah KB, Rao TL, Laughlin S, et al. A review of pulmonary artery catheterization in 6,245 patients. Anesthesiology. 1984 ; 61: 271-275.
43. Carlson TA, Goldenberg IF, Murray PD, et al. Catheterinduced delayed recurrent pulmonary artery hemorrhage: intervention with therapeutic embolism of the pulmonary artery. JAMA. 1989 ; 261: 1943-1945.
44. Swan HJ, Ganz W. Letter: guidelines for use of balloontipped catheter. Am J Cardiol. 1974 ; 34: 119-120.