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Snare retrieval of migrated ventriculoatrial shunt

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Among the numerous complications of ventriculoatrial shunting, discontinuity and migration of a catheter fragment into the heart or pulmonary arteries is only rarely encountered. Percutaneous snare retrieval of shunt tubing from the pulmonary arteries is described in a patient presenting with signs of shunt malfunction.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital, 800 Marshall St., Little Rock, AR 72202-3591, USA, , , , , , MH

    C. A. James & David R. McFarland

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, , , , , , US

    Christopher J. Wormuth & Charles M. Teo

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  1. C. A. James
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Received: 17 January 1996 Accepted: 30 June 1996

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James, C., McFarland, D., Wormuth, C. et al. Snare retrieval of migrated ventriculoatrial shunt. Pediatric Radiology 27, 330–332 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470050142

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