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Abstract

Ventricular shunting is a well-recognised and commonly practiced method of reducing increased intracranial pressure in patients with neurologic pathology. There are possible complications related to shunt implantation, where the rarest is intracardiac migration of the distal shunt catheter. We present a case where the distal catheter migrated into the right ventricle, causing extrasystoles and was complicated with acute right ventricle failure during the endovascular shunt evacuation procedure.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2021-0058 | Journal eISSN: 2255-890X | Journal ISSN: 1407-009X
Language: English
Page range: 397 - 402
Submitted on: Oct 1, 2020
Accepted on: May 31, 2021
Published on: Nov 15, 2021
Published by: Latvian Academy of Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 6 issues per year

© 2021 Roberts Leibuss, Inna Babuškina, Taisija Žeņiļenko, Kristiāns Meidrops, Artis Kalniņš, Artjoms Ļišņovs, Artjoms Kaļiņins, Žanna Pičkure, Eva Strīķe, Pēteris Stradiņš, published by Latvian Academy of Sciences
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