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Anesth Analg 2002;95:299-301
© 2002 International Anesthesia Research Society

CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIA

Pulmonary Artery Rupture After Attempted Removal of a Pulmonary Artery Catheter

Go-Shine Huang, MD, Hung-Jui Wang, MD, Chi-Hou Chen, MD, Shung-Tai Ho, MD MS, and Chih-Shung Wong, MD PhD

Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Chih-Shung Wong, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, 325 Chenggung Road, Section 2, Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan. Address e-mail to w82556{at}ndmctsgh.edu.tw

IMPLICATIONS: Withdrawal of a pulmonary catheter before initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass may prevent suturing the catheter to the pulmonary trunk and avoid the fatal complication of pulmonary artery rupture.




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