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Venous pseudo-aneurysm as a late complication of short-term central venous catheterisation

Complications following central venous catheterisation abound in the medical literature. This reflects the under-estimated potential hazards associated with this procedure as well as an increase in the number of such procedures performed in high-risk patients. We report on a case where a venous pseu...

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Autor principal: Luckraz, Heyman
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC156661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12780937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-1-6
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description Complications following central venous catheterisation abound in the medical literature. This reflects the under-estimated potential hazards associated with this procedure as well as an increase in the number of such procedures performed in high-risk patients. We report on a case where a venous pseudo-aneurysm developed four months after the removal of a short-term central venous catheter in a moderately high-risk patient.
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spelling pubmed-1566612003-06-05 Venous pseudo-aneurysm as a late complication of short-term central venous catheterisation Luckraz, Heyman Cardiovasc Ultrasound Case Report Complications following central venous catheterisation abound in the medical literature. This reflects the under-estimated potential hazards associated with this procedure as well as an increase in the number of such procedures performed in high-risk patients. We report on a case where a venous pseudo-aneurysm developed four months after the removal of a short-term central venous catheter in a moderately high-risk patient. BioMed Central 2003-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC156661/ /pubmed/12780937 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-1-6 Text en Copyright © 2003 Luckraz; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL.
spellingShingle Case Report
Luckraz, Heyman
Venous pseudo-aneurysm as a late complication of short-term central venous catheterisation
title Venous pseudo-aneurysm as a late complication of short-term central venous catheterisation
title_full Venous pseudo-aneurysm as a late complication of short-term central venous catheterisation
title_fullStr Venous pseudo-aneurysm as a late complication of short-term central venous catheterisation
title_full_unstemmed Venous pseudo-aneurysm as a late complication of short-term central venous catheterisation
title_short Venous pseudo-aneurysm as a late complication of short-term central venous catheterisation
title_sort venous pseudo-aneurysm as a late complication of short-term central venous catheterisation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC156661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12780937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-1-6
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