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Cardiac perforation due to delayed migration of a chronic dialysis catheter: a case report

BACKGROUND: Tunnelled haemodialysis catheters are commonly used to perform haemodialysis. Rare complications of these catheters include perforations of major blood vessels or the heart. Albeit rare, these complications can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. CASE SUMMARY: We present a case...

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Autores principales: Jahnke, Charlotte, Hoxha, Elion, Söffker, Gerold, Seiffert, Moritz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8435552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34527857
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytab332