Swan-Ganz entrapment during cardiac surgery – a case report

Bhuvnesh Kansara1, Ajmer Singh1, Anil Karlekar1, Yugal Kishore Mishra2
1Department of Anesthesiology, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre Ltd, New Delhi, India
2Department of Cardiac Surgery, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre Ltd, New Delhi, India

Tóm tắt

Inability to withdraw a Swan-Ganz catheter as a result of its intracardiac entrapment is a rare but serious complication. In a normal intracardiac course, the catheter tends to rest against the antero-lateral wall of the right atrium where the catheter may be caught by the suture during cannulation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB). Entrapment of a Swan-Ganz catheter by the left atriotomy suture is described in this case report.

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