Percutaneous retrieval of a broken silas
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Massin, Martial ;Lombet, Jacques ;Rigo, Jacques
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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A critically ill premature neonate (birthweight 1,395 g, gestational age 30 wk) had a broken silastic catheter lodged in the left atrium. We successfully retrieved the foreign body by percutaneous approach using a helical basket catheter under echocardiographic control. Such a therapeutical option f