Peripherally inserted central catheter tip malposition caused by power contrast medium injection

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 981-983

  Lambeth, Lauren ^a   Goyal, Anurag ^a   Tadros, Anthony ^a   Asadoorian, Marit ^a   Roberts, Anne C ^a   Karimi, Afshin ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LETTER; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CONTRAST MEDIA; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862835734     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: 15357732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2012.04.024     Document Type: Letter

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