Retained catheter guidewire discovered 8 years after coronary angiography
Despite being a recognised complication of central venous catheterisation, we report a case where a retained catheter guidewire was discovered 8 years after coronary angiography. A healthy man in his 50s with a 20-pack-year history of smoking presented at the emergency department (ED) with a wire
Authors
- Cahit Coşkun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1565-2381)
- Mehmet Baran Karataş (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7578-8451)
- Feyza Mollaalioğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2412-3884)
- Yalçın Velibey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7075-2011)
Institutions
- Ministry of Health (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Case Reports
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2024-262031
- Primary Topic
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00