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Catheter exchange with sheath and filling defect at SVC

Posted By Martin Gorrochategui, Friday, October 25, 2024
Catheter exchange with sheath and filling defect at SVC
Thoughts?

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Martin Gorrochategui says...
Posted Saturday, October 26, 2024
The tip of the catheter was at the area of the filling defect and place a new catheter past the filling defect.
Contacted refers go
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Martin Gorrochategui says...
Posted Saturday, October 26, 2024
Contacted the referring doctor for considering systemic anticoagulation. Wonder if this is the cause for sudden death in patients with tunnel catheters
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Jalal E. Hakmei says...
Posted Sunday, November 3, 2024
I would start anticoagulation and get CT chest with contrast to better visualize the defect. I agree with placing the tip beyond the defect. Whether that has a risk to kill the patient it’s probably a non zero risk but how high I don’t know.

P.S. I couldn’t play the video on my cellphone so I’m going by you’re description
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