Chuang Wen-Po, Chiu Kuan-Ming
Division of Cardiology, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2007 Nov 15;70(6):824-5. doi: 10.1002/ccd.21228.
An 83-year-old woman had pigtail pericardiocentesis under echo-guidance. The redundancy of pigtail catheter formed a slip-knot which caught the entire heart tightly during removal. Small thoracotomy was necessary to relieve the knot. The extremely rare condition was reported.
一名83岁女性在超声引导下行猪尾导管心包穿刺术。拔除猪尾导管时,导管冗余形成活结,将整个心脏紧紧缠住。需行小开胸手术来松解该结。报道了这一极为罕见的情况。