Transluminal removal of an embolized venous catheter fragment with simple means: a case report.

Vascular catheters are associated with complications like infection, thrombosis and stenosis. The embolization of a venous catheter fragment is a rare complication. This report presents a successful transluminal removal of an embolized catheter fragment in a 87-year-old patient who underwent on operative revision with renewed resection and postoperative multiorgan failure. The patient needed a large-bore catheter due to acute renal failure. By replacing the central venous catheter using the Seldinger technique a catheter fragment embolized in the right ventricle. This catheter fragment was removed with a Dormia basket.