Percutaneous Retrieval of a Mobile Catheter Fragment From the Left Atrium Using a Biliary Basket.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous reports have described the recovery of objects that have embolized to the right heart, but this is the first known report of a freely mobile catheter fragment recovered percutaneously from the left atrium.

Case summary

The distal marker tip of an SL0 transseptal catheter fragmented after an atrial fibrillation ablation and remained as a highly mobile object within the left atrium. The successful percutaneous retrieval of this highly mobile fragment using a noncardiac general surgical instrument is presented.

Discussion

This is the first known case report describing the successful, percutaneous recovery of a freely mobile catheter fragment from the left atrium.

Take-home messages

Currently approved cardiac retrieval devices are inadequate for

SUBMITTER: Hattori VT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12402357 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature