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(Chest. 1972;62:105-107.)
© 1972 American College of Chest Physicians

Catheter Perforation of the Pulmonary Artery with Resultant Cardiac Tamponade

Edward I. Greenbaum M.D.1 and Harold S. Marcus M.D.2

1 Associate Radiologist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles; Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California, Irvine
2 Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

A case of pulmonary artery perforation secondary to direct penetration of a NIH catheter at the time of pulmonary angiography is described. The patient immediately went into cardiac tamponade, which was successfully treated via pericardiocentesis without subsequent surgical intervention.






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