title: Malposition of a central venous catheter in the right main pulmonary artery detected by transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: The authors report a case of a malpositioned central venous catheter, the malposition of which was not recognized on chest x-ray or chest computed tomography but was correctly diagnosed on transesophageal echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Paulsen
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tisnado
authors.forename: Yihua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Zhian
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: J V Ian
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Nixon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*