%0 Journal Article
%T Removal of a retained intracardiac radiolucent guidewire fragment using an Atrieve£¿ vascular snare using combined fluoroscopy and transesophageal echocardiography guidance in an infant
%A Asif Padiyath
%A Boban P Abraham
%A Eudice E Fontenot
%J Archive of "Annals of Pediatric Cardiology".
%D 2017
%R 10.4103/0974-2069.197068
%X Retained intravascular foreign body is a well-known complication of central venous access placement in children as well as adults. Most of these foreign bodies are radio-opaque and hence are removed under fluoroscopy guidance. In our case, we describe the removal of an intracardiac radiolucent foreign body in an infant utilizing a combination technique - transesophageal echocardiogram and fluoroscopy
%K Foreign body
%K intervention
%K pediatric
%K retrieval
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5241848/