June 2025 Br J Cardiol 2025;32(2) doi:10.5837/bjc.2025.029 Online First
José Darío Valencia González, Eduardo Sánchez Cortes, Armando Espinosa Eugenio, Cristian Baltazar Jiménez, Raúl Cruz Palomera, Marco Antonio Morales González, Alejandro Carcaño Cuevas, Juan Guzmán Olea
Introduction Central venous line insertion is a common procedure in the hospital setting, but as an invasive procedure, it is not free from potential complications, which include infectious, thrombotic, and mechanical aspects. The latter include vascular perforation, arrhythmias, cardiac perforation, tamponade and, although exceptional, knotting of the guidewire has been documented. Case Figure 1. Anterior-posterior chest X-ray showing a knotted metal guide in the right subclavian region Figure 2. Computed tomography (CT) scan with 3D reconstruction showing an embolised guide in the right subclavian region, displaying exit and re-entr
November 2016 Br J Cardiol 2016;23:155–8 doi:10.5837/bjc.2016.040
Shabnam Rashid, Stephanie Hughes
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