Central venous access ports placed by interventional radiologists: Experience with 125 consecutive patients

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 180-184

  Lorch, Heike ^a   Zwaan, Martin ^b   Kagel, Christiane ^a   Weiss, Hans Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b Ammerlandklinik Westerstede ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Catheters and catheterization; Central venous access; Complications, venous ports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTABLE PORT SYSTEM; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034963447     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002700001721     Document Type: Article

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