Entrapment of J-tip guidewires by venatech and stainless-steel greenfield vena cava filters during central venous catheter placement : Percutaneous management in four patients

We present four patients in whom bedside placement of a central venous catheter was complicated by entrapment of a J-tip guidewire by a previously placed vena cava (VC) filter. Two Venatech filters were fragmented and displaced into the superior VC or brachiocephalic vein during attempted withdrawal...

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