Unusual central venous catheter malposition into the left internal mammary vein: A case report

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2338-2339

  Sandroni, Claudio ^a   Pirronti, Tommaso ^a   Tortora, Francesca ^a   Santangelo, Susanna ^a   Rinaldi, Pierluigi ^a   Antonelli, Massimo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CASE REPORT; CATHETER MALPOSITION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTERNAL MAMMARY VEIN; LETTER; POSITION; RETROPERITONEAL SARCOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN; VENOUS PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VEINS;

EID: 0346964422     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-2009-3     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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