Radiologic placement of subcutaneous infusion chest ports for long-term central venous access

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1431-1434

  Funaki, Brian ^a,b   Szymski, George X ^a   Hackworth, Craig A ^a   Rosenblum, Jordan D ^a   Burke, Robert ^a   Chang, Thomas ^a   Leef, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Hawaii Radiologic Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0030870183     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.169.5.9353475     Document Type: Article

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