Central venous line placement in the superior vena cava and the azygos vein: Differentiation on posteroanterior chest radiographs

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 783-787

  Haygood, Tamara Miner ^a   Brennan, Patrick C ^b   Ryan, John ^b   Yamal, Jose Miguel ^c   Liles, Lindsay ^d   O'Sullivan, Paul ^e   Costelloe, Colleen M ^a   Fitzgerald, Nancy E ^a   Murphy Jr , William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Azygos vein; Central venous line; Chest radiography; Malposition; Superior vena cava

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; BRONCHUS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CEPHALIC VEIN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; IRELAND; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; UNITED STATES;

AZYGOS VEIN; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; HUMANS; IRELAND; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ROC CURVE; UNITED STATES; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 79957859408     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4681     Document Type: Article

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