Successful retrieval of disconnected shunt tubing from the right heart and superior vena cava
| Autor: | R. Thomas Bergeron, Forrest L. Johnson, Hervey D. Segall, Ethel J. Finck, Calvin L. Rumbaugh, Teal Js |
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| Rok vydání: | 1974 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Ventriculojugular shunt business.industry Femoral vein medicine.disease Hydrocephalus Surgery Distal limb Shunt (medical) Catheter Superior vena cava Right heart cardiovascular system medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Neurology (clinical) Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Neuroradiology. 7:1-4 |
| ISSN: | 1432-1920 0028-3940 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf00344666 |
| Popis: | A distal limb of a ventriculojugular shunt became disconnected in a child treated for hydrocephalus and chest films showed the tubing had migrated into the right heart and superior vena cava. — The tubing was retrieved under fluoroscopic control by a snare technique (a doubled-over guide wire introduced through a red Kifa catheter via the femoral vein). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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