A 47-Year-Old Woman with a Retained Central Venous Catheter Line Guidewire Presenting with a Right Atrial Thrombus Requiring Removal During Open Heart Surgery: A Case Report
Ahmad Alsaka Amini,
Abeer Alzuabi,
Mohannad Baniyaseen
et al.
Abstract:Patient: Female, 47-year-old
Final Diagnosis: Right atrial mass due to missed central venous catheter guidewire
Symptoms: Shortness of breath
Clinical Procedure: Open heart surgery
Specialty: Anesthesiology • Cardiac Surgery • Cardiology • Critical Care Medicine
Objective:
Rare coexistence of disease or pathology
Background:
A central venous catheter (CVC) is an indwelling catheter that is inserted into a larg… Show more
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