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Case Reports
. 1986 Jan;9(1 Pt 1):134-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1986.tb05371.x.

Electrode displacement from a multipurpose Swan-Ganz catheter

D E Heiselman, J S Maxwell, V Petno
Case Reports

Electrode displacement from a multipurpose Swan-Ganz catheter

D E Heiselman et al. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 1986 Jan.

Abstract

A patient is described in whom a multipurpose pulmonary artery catheter had been placed. Upon removal of the catheter, it was noted that the electrodes had become detached from the lead. A new method is described for insertion and removal of the catheter which will prevent this complication.

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