Guidewire-Related Complications during Central Venous Catheter Placement: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

The most commonly reported guidewire-related complications.

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(i) Cardiac dysrhythmias

(ii) Cardiac conduction abnormalities

(iii) Perforation of vessels or cardiac chambers

(iv) Kinking, looping, or knotting of the wire

(v) Entanglement of previously placed intravascular devices

(vi) Breakage of the distal tip of the guidewire with subsequent embolization

(vii) Complete loss of the guidewire within the vascular system

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