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Case Reports
. 2023 Nov 6;7(11):ytad543.
doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytad543. eCollection 2023 Nov.

Complication of a Swan-Ganz catheter: an intravascular knot

Ronan Canitrot  1 , Thibault Lhermusier  1 , Clément Servoz  1
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Case Reports

Complication of a Swan-Ganz catheter: an intravascular knot

Ronan Canitrot et al. Eur Heart J Case Rep. .
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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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Figure 1
Interventional catheterization technique for the retrieval of the Swan–Ganz catheter. (A) Endovascular knot formed in the superior vena cava. (B) Using the lasso technique to recover the Swan–Ganz catheter. (C) Swan–Ganz catheter was retrieved through the left femoral vein. (D) Success of the procedure.
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