✦ LIBER ✦
Swan-Ganz catheter-induced rupture of the pulmonary artery: Successful early management by transcatheter embolization
✍ Scribed by Jondeau, Guillaume ;Lacombe, Pascal ;Rocha, Paulo ;Rigaud, Michel ;Hardy, Anne ;Bourdarias, Jean-Pierre
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 270 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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✦ Synopsis
An 84-year-old patient with severe aortic valve stenosis suffered Swan-Ganz catheterinduced massive pulmonary hemorrhage. Immediate therapeutic embolism of the segmental artery by using a liquid, tissue-adhesive, occlusive agent (isobutyl-2-cyanoacrylate) controlled bleeding.