Transjugular Balloon-Assisted Retrograde Ethylene-Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer Embolization of a Main Pulmonary Artery Defect Discovered during Removal of a Malpositioned Dialytic Central Venous Catheter

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2019 May;30(5):742-743. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.11.007.

Authors

Pietro Quaretti¹, Nicola Cionfoli², Lorenzo Paolo Moramarco², Riccardo Corti³, Giorgio Togni³

Affiliations

¹ Unit of Interventional Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Viale Golgi 19, Pavia, Italy. Electronic address: quaretti@yahoo.it.
² Unit of Interventional Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Viale Golgi 19, Pavia, Italy.
³ Radiology Department, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Viale Golgi 19, Pavia, Italy.

PMID: 31029390
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.11.007

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Catheterization, Central Venous / instrumentation*
Catheters, Indwelling*
Central Venous Catheters*
Device Removal / adverse effects*
Embolization, Therapeutic*
Humans
Male
Polyvinyls / administration & dosage*
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Artery / injuries*
Renal Dialysis*
Treatment Outcome
Vascular System Injuries / diagnostic imaging
Vascular System Injuries / etiology
Vascular System Injuries / therapy*

Substances

Polyvinyls
ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer