Thoracic venous anatomy delineated by malpositioned central venous catheters on plain chest films

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 286-292

  Wunderbaldinger, Patrick ^a   Bankier, Alexander A ^a   Kreuzer, Soeren ^a   Turetschek, Karl ^a   Fleischmann, Dominik ^a   Herold, Christian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Central venous catheter; Chest radiograph; Thoracic venous system

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; HUMANS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORAX; VEINS;

EID: 0032887587     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00005382-199910000-00009     Document Type: Article

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