TY - JOUR
T1 - Noncardiac entrapment of a pulmonary artery catheter during heart transplantation
T2 - Inadvertent cannulation and perforation of the internal thoracic vein
AU - Raikhelkar, Jayashree
AU - Anyanwu, Anelechi
AU - Krishnan, Sandeep H.
AU - Kahn, Ronald A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by departmental funding only.
PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - Placement of a central venous catheter into an internal thoracic vein occurs in approximately 2% of all catheterizations. A case in which a pulmonary artery catheter was trapped within the internal thoracic vein during orthotopic heart transplantation is presented.
AB - Placement of a central venous catheter into an internal thoracic vein occurs in approximately 2% of all catheterizations. A case in which a pulmonary artery catheter was trapped within the internal thoracic vein during orthotopic heart transplantation is presented.
KW - Catheter malposition
KW - Central venous catheter
KW - Complications
KW - Pulmonary artery catheter complication
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jclinane.2010.03.010
DO - 10.1016/j.jclinane.2010.03.010
M3 - Article
C2 - 21570620
AN - SCOPUS:79956052883
SN - 0952-8180
VL - 23
SP - 238
EP - 240
JO - Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
JF - Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
IS - 3
ER -