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Integrity of vascular access: the story of a broken sheath!
Integrity of vascular access: the story of a broken sheath!
- Source :
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Journal of vascular nursing : official publication of the Society for Peripheral Vascular Nursing [J Vasc Nurs] 2009 Sep; Vol. 27 (3), pp. 75-7. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- A 31-year-old female underwent an electrophysiology procedure wherein 4 vascular sheaths were placed. Following the procedure, as one of the vascular sheaths was pulled out, clinicians noted that it was broken. Emergent fluoroscopy revealed part of the vascular sheath was left behind in the soft tissue and was removed surgically. This case report describes the complications associated with vascular sheaths and reiterates the correct methods of handling them.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Atrial Fibrillation etiology
Emergencies
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure
Female
Fluoroscopy
Humans
Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry etiology
Tachycardia, Supraventricular etiology
Venous Cutdown
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome complications
Catheter Ablation instrumentation
Catheters, Indwelling adverse effects
Femoral Vein
Foreign Bodies diagnosis
Foreign Bodies etiology
Foreign Bodies surgery
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome surgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1532-6578
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of vascular nursing : official publication of the Society for Peripheral Vascular Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19699446
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvn.2009.07.001