A potentially fatal complication during subclavian vein catheterization in an infant with congenital heart disease—puncture to pulmonary artery directly: a case report

Wen-Hsien Lu,Ta-Cheng Huang,Jun-Yen Pan,Hsiao-Ping Wang,Chu-Chuan Lin,Ying-Yao Chen,Kai-Sheng Hsieh

A potentially fatal complication during subclavian vein catheterization in an infant with congenital heart disease—puncture to pulmonary artery directly: a case report

2008

Wen-Hsien Lu
Ta-Cheng Huang
Jun-Yen Pan
Hsiao-Ping Wang
Chu-Chuan Lin
Ying-Yao Chen
Kai-Sheng Hsieh

The most frequent and acute complications of subclavian vein catheterization are arterial puncture to the subclavian artery and pneumothorax. We report an arterial puncture directly to the pulmonary artery in infant during subclavian vein catheterization.

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Surgery
Anesthesia
Pulmonary artery
Subclavian artery
Pneumothorax
Arterial puncture
Complication
Heart disease
Subclavian vein catheterization
Medicine
Internal medicine
Cardiology
Subclavian vein
Heart failure
Pulmonary valve stenosis
Lung

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