TY - JOUR
T1 - Percutaneous tamponade of inadvertent transthoracic catheterization of the aorta
AU - Walser, Eric M.
AU - Crow, Wayne N.
AU - Zwischenberger, Joseph B.
AU - Conti, Vincent R.
PY - 1996/9
Y1 - 1996/9
N2 - During routine placement of a subclavian central venous catheter for cancer chemotherapy, a sheath was inadvertently placed into the aortic arch, through the left lung. We describe a technique for transthoracic compression of the aortic injury using the sheath in conjunction with an occlusion balloon catheter.
AB - During routine placement of a subclavian central venous catheter for cancer chemotherapy, a sheath was inadvertently placed into the aortic arch, through the left lung. We describe a technique for transthoracic compression of the aortic injury using the sheath in conjunction with an occlusion balloon catheter.
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U2 - 10.1016/s0003-4975(96)00286-x
DO - 10.1016/s0003-4975(96)00286-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 8784034
AN - SCOPUS:0030248218
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 62
SP - 895
EP - 896
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 3
ER -
