• Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Apr 2009

    Case Reports

    Vascular catheter mimicking persistent left superior vena cava.

    • D Galetta, F Petrella, A Borri, R Gasparri, and L Spaggiari.
    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy. mimgaletta@yahoo.com
    • Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Apr 1;57(3):185-6.

    AbstractWe report the case of a 42-year-old woman with a double vascular catheter mimicking a false persistent left superior vena cava on a chest X-ray. Physicians should be aware of the correct course of these catheters in order to avoid serious clinical consequences.

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