Swan Ganz catheter misplacement with pulmonary artery rupture

Case contributed by Francisco Samson Cajal , 18 Nov 2020
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Patient with history of congestive heart failure, hypertension and cardiovascular bypass presents. Consults to the hospital withemergeny deparment presenting acute dyspnea. Further evaluation reveals a requirement for a Swan Ganz catheter and a diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension is made. A routine chest X-ray is requested.

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Swan Ganz catheter missplacement, with diffuse alveolar pattern in the right basal and middle lobes with associated pulmonary interstitial edema, possibly explained by the congestive heart failure.

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