Acute Crit Care.  2024 Feb;39(1):199-200. 10.4266/acc.2023.01270.

Transjugular central venous catheter guidewire embolism to venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannula

• Devanand NA
• Dohnt S
• Farquharson M

• KMID: 2555241
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4266/acc.2023.01270

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  Figure 1. (A) The chest X-ray demonstrates a right internal jugular central venous catheter, along with an automated implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. (B, C) The right femoral venous access cannula is visible along the course of the inferior vena cava to the right femoral vein. The guide wire was not visible in any of these bedside X-ray imaging. (D) On closer inspection, the guidewire (arrow) was barely visible in the venous access cannula. (E) The guidewire (arrow) was subsequently found at the terminal end of the cannula following venous drainage upon preparation for cannula exchange.

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