The use of a right atrial catheter in bone marrow transplantation for acute leukemia.
A right atrial catheter was implanted into 15 patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation as a treatment for acute leukemia. The catheter remained in position for 79 +/- 34 days. No catheter-related septicemia was observed. It appears that this catheter is helpful in supporting bone marrow transplant recipients.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000628:therapy*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous