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Case Reports
. 2011 Oct;67(4):367-9.
doi: 10.1016/S0377-1237(11)60088-9. Epub 2011 Oct 22.

Percutaneous removal of intracardiac and intravascular foreign bodies

Kamal Pathak  1 , Deep Yadav  2
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Case Reports

Percutaneous removal of intracardiac and intravascular foreign bodies

Kamal Pathak et al. Med J Armed Forces India. 2011 Oct.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Homemade snare assembled with a double loop of wire through a catheter.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Broken catheter snared by a homemade snare in the aorta.
Figure 3
Figure 3
The broken catheter (Figure 2) with the retrieved two pieces.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Peripherally inserted central catheter line trapped from the pulmonary artery to the superior vena cava being snared by a snare.
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