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Case Reports
. 1978 Jan-Feb;6(1):32-5.
doi: 10.1097/00003246-197801000-00008.

Persistent left superior vena cava complicating hemodynamic monitoring catheterization

M G Coblentz, M A Criscito, J D Cohn
Case Reports

Persistent left superior vena cava complicating hemodynamic monitoring catheterization

M G Coblentz et al. Crit Care Med. 1978 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Two cases of flow-directed, balloon-tipped catheterizations of the right heart via a persistent left superior vena cava are presented. In both cases, the monitoring catheters assumed similar, atypical configurations on plain chest roentgenograms. Recognition of the characteristic configuration of the course of transvenous catheters through the persistent left superior vena cava allows for plain film diagnosis of this anomaly.

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