title: A concise history of central venous access.
abstract: Central venous access has become a mainstay of modern interventional radiology practice. Its history has paralleled and enabled many current medical therapies. This short overview provides an interesting historical perspective of these increasingly common interventional procedures.
authors.affiliation: Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA. mvbeheshti@gmail.com
authors.forename: Michael V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Beheshti
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D010690:Phlebography / Q000266:history*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000266:history*