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Percutaneous retrieval of foreign body from the left ventricular cavity

✍ Scribed by Keltai, Matyas ;Meier, Bernhard

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1987
Tongue: English
Weight: 191 KB
Volume: 13
Category: Article
ISSN: 0098-6569
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.1810130609

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✦ Synopsis

During aortic valvuloplasty a guidewire was broken, and the broken fragment remained in the left ventricle. This left ventricular foreign body was retrieved percutaneously by a snare.

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