Central Venous Line Insertion Revealing Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return: Diagnosis and Management

Central venous line malposition is a well-known complication of line insertion. Rarely, it can be mal-positioned in an anomalous pulmonary vein. We present an unusual case of a 56-year-old woman that was found to have partial anomalous pulmonary venous return on central venous line insertion. In thi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Alzghoul, Bashar, Innabi, Ayoub, Chada, Aditya, Tarawneh, Ahmad R., Kakkera, Krishna, Khasawneh, Khaled
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5467281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28634556
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3218063
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Sumario:Central venous line malposition is a well-known complication of line insertion. Rarely, it can be mal-positioned in an anomalous pulmonary vein. We present an unusual case of a 56-year-old woman that was found to have partial anomalous pulmonary venous return on central venous line insertion. In this report, we describe a systematic approach to diagnosis and management of this unusual situation.

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