Fig. 1
From: A technique to retrieve an internalised embedded central venous catheter
a Micropuncture needle positioned in the intravascular portion of the embedded catheter in the proximal left brachiocephalic vein (arrow). Temporary right internal jugular central venous catheter in situ. b Snaring of the 0.035″ working wire in the right atrium. c Retrograde endoluminal ballooning of the central venous catheter from the right femoral sheath. d The freed catheter has been snared and drawn into the long femoral sheath in the IVC (arrow)