Percutaneous extraction of retained guidewire from a 22-year-old woman 5 years after atrial tachycardia ablation: A novel application of the hangman loop snare technique
We present a case of delayed diagnosis and successful endovascular extraction of a retained vena cava J-tip 0.035-in guidewire from a 22-year-old woman 5 years after atrial tachycardia ablation using the hangman loop snare technique.
Authors
- Anil Kumar Tiwari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5935-6540)
- Pranav Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1558-5019)
- Theodore Bryan
- Robert Tungate (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9265-492X)
Institutions
- University of California, Irvine Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- HeartRhythm Case Reports
- Published
- 2024-09-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrcr.2024.09.006
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00