Malposition of a central venous catheter in the right main pulmonary artery detected by transesophageal echocardiography.
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.
Gu
Xiaoyan
X
Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing, China.
Paulsen
Walter
W
Tisnado
Jaime
J
He
Yihua
Y
Li
Zhian
Z
Nixon
J V Ian
JV
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*