Affiliation:
1. From the Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Abstract
A complication of right heart catheterization is described in which the tip of the catheter became impacted in a vein connecting to the coronary sinus, requiring thoracotomy and removal under direct vision. This occurred in a 2-year-old patient with an anomalous inferior vena cava with azygos continuation, and it is suggested that this anomalous course may well have contributed to the development of this complication.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Physiology (medical),Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine