Endovascular electrocardiography to guide placement of totally implantable central venous catheters in oncologic patients

Journal of Vascular Access

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 348-353

  Pelagatti, Cecilia ^a   Villa, Gianluca ^a   Casini, Andrea ^a   Chelazzi, Cosimo ^a   De Gaudio, Angelo Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Implantable catheters; Vascular thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER THROMBOSIS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 83455164588     PISSN: 11297298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/JVA.2011.8380     Document Type: Article

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