Cavoatrial Junction and Central Venous Anatomy: Implications for Central Venous Access Tip Position

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 359-365

  Baskin, Kevin M ^a   Jimenez, Rafael M ^b   Cahill, Anne Marie ^c   Jawad, Abass F ^c   Towbin, Richard B ^d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAVA VEIN; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE ENDING; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR ACCESS; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 39449089861     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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