Intravascular linear thrombus after catheter removal: Sonographic appearance mimicking retained catheter fragment

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-129

  Konen, Osnat ^a,b   Daneman, Alan ^a   Traubici, Jeffrey ^a   Epelman, Monica ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Broken catheter; Central catheters; Neonates; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 1042268876     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-003-1084-5     Document Type: Article

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