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Pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) is an important clinical tool that is used in the care of perioperative cardiac patients and unstable patients in the intensive care unit. Entrapment of the… Click to show full abstract
Pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) is an important clinical tool that is used in the care of perioperative cardiac patients and unstable patients in the intensive care unit. Entrapment of the PAC by an intracardiac surgical suture is a rare complication. In open‐heart surgery, the catheter may be caught by a suture placed through the right atrial wall because the catheter tends to lie against the anterior wall of the right atrium (RA).[1] In this letter, we describe the entrapment of the PAC to the interatrial septum by a left atrial suture, which was diagnosed using 2D‐ and 3D‐transesophageal echocardiography (TEE).
Journal Title: Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Year Published: 2023
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