TY - JOUR
T1 - Unusual Course of a Pulmonary Artery Catheter Due to Absence of Right Superior Vena Cava
AU - Burke, Brendon J.
AU - De Wet, Charl J.
AU - Helwani, Mohammad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Author(s).
PY - 2023/4
Y1 - 2023/4
N2 - The persistent left superior vena cava may complicate the placement of vascular access. It rarely occurs with an absence of the right superior vena cava. We present a chest X-ray of a patient with this rare anomaly that was demonstrated incidentally with an unusual course of a pulmonary artery catheter course.
AB - The persistent left superior vena cava may complicate the placement of vascular access. It rarely occurs with an absence of the right superior vena cava. We present a chest X-ray of a patient with this rare anomaly that was demonstrated incidentally with an unusual course of a pulmonary artery catheter course.
KW - Absence of right superior vena cava
KW - cardiovascular and thoracic anaesthesia
KW - persistent left superior vena cava
KW - unusual course of a pulmonary artery catheter
KW - vascular access difficulty
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U2 - 10.5152/TJAR.2023.22169
DO - 10.5152/TJAR.2023.22169
M3 - Article
C2 - 37140583
AN - SCOPUS:85160426074
SN - 2667-677X
VL - 51
SP - 155
EP - 156
JO - Turkish Journal of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation
JF - Turkish Journal of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation
IS - 2
ER -