1. Nominal Hemoptysis Heralds Pseudoaneurysm Induced by a Pulmonary Artery Catheter
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Rodger E. Barnette, Joseph J. Filler, and Lawrence B. Yellin
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Male ,Hemoptysis ,medicine.medical_specialty ,endocrine system diseases ,medicine.medical_treatment ,education ,Pulmonary Artery ,Swan Ganz Catheter ,Pseudoaneurysm ,medicine.artery ,Humans ,Medicine ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,Rupture ,business.industry ,Pulmonary artery catheter ,medicine.disease ,Aneurysm ,humanities ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,Catheterization, Swan-Ganz ,Pulmonary artery ,Radiology ,business ,Complication - Abstract
Massive hemoptysis secondary to pulmonary artery rupture is a rare but often fatal complication of pulmonary artery catheters (PACs). We report a case of delayed fatal hemoptysis secondary to rupture of a PAC-induced pseudoaneurysm, which was heralded by a small amount of hemoptysis in association with a normal postinsertion CXR
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- 1991
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