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“I had a knot in my heart”: unusual complication after implantation of a Swan-Ganz catheter [PDF]
Background The implantation of a Swan-Ganz catheter for invasive hemodynamic monitoring is an established measure after cardiac surgery. A rare but serious complication is the formation of a knot in the heart, which can be diagnostically challenging.
Zulfugar. T. Taghiyev, Andreas Böning
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Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm as a Swan-Ganz catheter complication
To the Editor, We present the case of a 65-year-old woman without any known drug allergies and with a previous cardiac history of atrial fibrillation treated with warfarin and rheumatic poly-valve disease with double mitral valve lesion (severe mitral ...
Laura Gallego López +3 more
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We describe a case of pulmonary tumor embolism (PTE) from breast cancer diagnosed by selective aspiration cytology using a Swan-Ganz catheter. A 60-year-old woman was referred to Hamanomachi Hospital because of increased levels of tumor markers.
Ryohei Aoki +6 more
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Pulmonary artery rupture as a complication of Swan-Ganz catheter application. Diagnosis and endovascular treatment: a single centre’s experience [PDF]
Introduction: The placement of a Swan-Ganz catheter into the pulmonary artery may lead to a number of complications (2–17%). In less than 0.2% of cases Swan-Ganz catheterization results in serious vascular damage – pulmonary artery rupture (PAR).
Piotr N. Rudziński +8 more
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Secondary migration of a pre-existing central venous catheter due to a Swan-Ganz catheter insertion - A case report - [PDF]
Background The entanglement of multiple central venous catheters is a rare and serious complication. The Swan-Ganz catheter is a responsible for various cases.
Joonho Cho +5 more
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Swan-Ganz (Pulmonary Artery) Catheters [PDF]
C, Ball, R N, Westhorpe
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Difficult removal: a Swan-Ganz catheter coiled on the central venous catheter
Background The Swan-Ganz catheter plays an important role in gaining understanding of cardiac pathophysiology and in the hemodynamic monitoring of critically ill patients.
Jian Shen, Luyao Ma, He Huang
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Background In many animal experiments, it is vital to detect sudden changes in cardiac output (CO). This porcine study compared CO that was measured with a Swan‐Ganz pulmonary catheter with the gold standard (which was a transit‐time flow probe around ...
Sigríður Olga Magnúsdóttir +4 more
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