Persistent left superior vena cava: A reason for pseudodisplacement of a port catheter

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-72

  Schiffmann, L ^a   Kruschewski, M ^a   Wacker, F ^a   Buhr, H J ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Displacement; Persistent left superior vena cava; Port system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MELANOMA; PACEMAKER; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0038641282     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-002-0088-4     Document Type: Article

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