Malposition of central venous catheter in a small tributary of left brachiocephalic vein

Erroneous positioning of central venous catheters in small tributaries of large central veins is a rare occurrence. We describe two such unusual incidents involving cannulation of the small tributaries of left brachiocephalic vein. Malposition was suspected when the central venous waveform could not...

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Main Authors: Ghatak, Tanmoy, Azim, Afzal, Baronia, Arvind Kumar, Muzaffar, Syed Nabeel
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Medknow Publications 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3214515/