Retrieval of port-A catheter fragment from the main and right pulmonary arteries 3 years after dislodgment

Journal of Vascular Access

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 296-298

  Elkhoury, Mansour Ibrahim ^a,b,d   Boeckx, W D ^c   Chahine, E G ^a   Feghali, M A ^a  

^a SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiac migration; Catheter complication; Catheter fractures; Port A catheter; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER OCCLUSION; CATHETER REMOVAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOREIGN BODY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY ARTERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRICUSPID VALVE; VASCULAR ACCESS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; INDWELLING CATHETER; INSTRUMENTATION; LEUKEMIA; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; PULMONARY ARTERY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549106917     PISSN: 11297298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112972980800900413     Document Type: Article

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