Differential diagnosis of left-sided thoracic venous catheters: Case report of a persistent left superior vena cava;Differenzialdiagnose linksthorakaler venenkatheter am beispiel einer persistierenden linken oberen hohlvene

Anaesthesist

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 726-730

  Schummer, W ^a   Schummer, C ^a   Reinhold, L ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central venous catheter; Complications; Malposition; Persistent left superior vena cava

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0036742418     PISSN: 00032417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00101-002-0361-2     Document Type: Article

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