[Nonsurgical removal of iatrogenic intracardiac foreign bodies. A study in a 5-month-old infant]. / Nicht-operative Entfernung iatrogener intrakardialer Fremdkörper. Eine Beobachtung bei einem fünf Monate alten Säugling.

The development of new techniques and special catheter instruments permit iatrogenically embolized polyethylene catheter fragments to be retrieved nonsurgically. A case is reported in which a fragment of a central venous catheter was removed from the right atrium and ventricle by a DORMIA catheter in a 5-month-old child. The literature concerning nonsurgical retrieval of catheters is reviewed and indications for removal and complications discussed.