A Rare Complication: Hydrophilic Coating of Puncture Guide Wire Found Floating in the Pulmonary Artery

A 62-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation was admitted to Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, and radiofrequency ablation therapy was planned. After femoral venous puncture, X-ray fluoroscopy showed a slim-line shaped wire that was floating in the right pulmonary artery (Figure, A; Video 1). To remove the wire, a pigtail catheter was placed in the right pulmonary. Then, the catheter was rotated to pull one part of wire back into the trunk of the right pulmonary. Finally, the wire was successfully captured by a snare