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A retained intracardiac catheter fragment was successfully removed percutaneously without complications 9 years after its implantation using a fashioned loop snare.
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This case demonstrates that percutaneous extraction of an intracardiac catheter fragment can be safely accomplished using readily available catheterization laboratory equipment even 9 years after its initial implantation.
May support late percutaneous extraction in select cases; leaves open generalizability and need for prospective data.
A patient was found to have a mobile catheter fragment in the right atrium incidentally during echocardiography. On further investigation, it was learned that the catheter had been inserted 9 years earlier during surgery and had probably been broken during removal. The patient did not experience any symptoms during this period. The catheter was removed percutaneously without any complications using a system similar to the loopsnare catheter.
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Oto et al. (1993) conducted a case report in Intracardiac catheter fragment (n=1). Percutaneous extraction was evaluated on Successful removal of catheter fragment. A retained intracardiac catheter fragment was successfully removed percutaneously without complications 9 years after its implantation using a fashioned loop snare.
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