Persistent left superior vena cava is a congenital vascular anomaly, which is possibly arrhythmogenic and thrombogenic, rarely complicated with coronary sinus atresia. We treated a 42-year-old male with Hodgkin's lymphoma requiring central venous catheter placement for intensive chemotherapy. Persistent left superior vena cava was revealed after the insertion of the central venous catheter by t...

This report describes the identification of a partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection during routine central venous catheterization in a man with pulmonary hypertension. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the English literature to describe this occurrence during central line placement.

Central venous catheterization is a critical component of management for the critically ill patient in the operating room and intensive care unit. When using ultrasound techniques for central venous access, access is achieved with fewer attempts, a reduced incidence of carotid artery punctures or 'hits', an increased success rate, and a decreased duration of procedure compared to the traditiona...

BACKGROUND Central venous catheterization is a fundamental component in delivering haemodialysis yet is associated with significantly higher complication rates than other methods of vascular access. In this study, we report results of univariate and multivariate analyses designed to identify and quantify independent risk association for catheterization type, clinical variables and laboratory va...

Chronic indwelling catheters have been reported to be associated with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) via the activation of the classical complement pathway in association with bacterial infections such as coagulase negative staphylococcus. We herein provide supporting evidence for the direct causal relationship between chronic catheter infections and MPGN via a case of recurren...

2014 Right heart catheterization using peripheral venous access is an approach initially used by pioneers of cardiovascular exploration, but subsequently almost forgotten with the popularization of direct puncture techniques of central veins for diagnostic, monitoring and therapeutic needs. Improved equipment and the recognition of the complications of direct central (femoral) artery puncture r...

Chylothorax is defined as the presence of chyle in the pleural cavity. Central vein thrombosis is an under-recognized cause of chylothorax in the adult population and is commonly related to central venous catheterization. Case 1 illustrates a patient with AIDS and disseminated tuberculosis with left chylothorax and central vein thrombosis after a month of antituberculosis therapy. Case 2 was a ...

introduction: the correlation of central venous pressure (cvp) with inferior vena cava (ivc) sonographic diameter has been reported in several studies. however, few studies have attempted to find the best anatomic location of measurement. therefore, the purpose of this study was determining the best anatomic location to find precise correlation between cvp and ivc diameter using transesophageal...

Central venous catheterization (CVC) is very common procedure in the emergency department and intensive care unit. Although patients undergoing CVC may have various indications contraindications for this catheterization, typically similar, regardless of route. However, site-specific precautions also exist. This report describes overall with access by internal jugular vein. Neurologic complicati...