Noncardiac entrapment of a pulmonary artery catheter during heart transplantation: Inadvertent cannulation and perforation of the internal thoracic vein

Jayashree Raikhelkar, Anelechi Anyanwu, Sandeep H. Krishnan, Ronald A. Kahn

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Abstract

Placement of a central venous catheter into an internal thoracic vein occurs in approximately 2% of all catheterizations. A case in which a pulmonary artery catheter was trapped within the internal thoracic vein during orthotopic heart transplantation is presented.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)238-240
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume23
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2011

Keywords

  • Catheter malposition
  • Central venous catheter
  • Complications
  • Pulmonary artery catheter complication

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