Transesophageal Echocardiography and Laryngeal Mask Airway for Placement of Permanent Central Venous Catheter in Cancer Patients with Radiographically Unidentifiable SVC-RA Junction: Effectiveness and Safety

Transesophageal Echocardiography and Laryngeal Mask Airway for Placement of Permanent Central Venous Catheter in Cancer Patients with Radiographically Unidentifiable SVC-RA Junction: Effectiveness and Safety

In patients who require a permanent central venous catheter (PCVC), the usual aim is to put the catheter tip at the superior vena cava and right atrium (SVC-RA) junction. However, there is no study regarding how to guide the positioning of the catheter tip when the SVC-RA junction cannot be identifi...

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Main Authors: Jong-Hau Hsu, Chien-Kuo Wang, Chueh-Wen Hung, Shie-Shan Wang, Kuang-I Cheng, Jiunn-Ren Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2007-09-01
Series:Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Subjects:
laryngeal mask airway
permanent central venous catheter
SVC-RA junction
transesophageal echocardiography
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X08700500

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