[False aneurysm of the brachiocephalic artery following subclavian vein catheterization].

Authors :: Soury P
Lemouton MC
Riviere J
Testart J
Winckler C
Watelet J
Source :: Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation [Ann Fr Anesth Reanim] 1995; Vol. 14 (3), pp. 293-5.
Publication Year :: 1995
Abstract: The difficult insertion of a right subclavian catheter in a 63-year-old patient resulted in a pseudoaneurysm of the brachiocephalic artery requiring a resection-suture. The preventive measures of that complication are reminded.

Subjects :: Aneurysm, False diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, False surgery
Female
Humans
Iatrogenic Disease
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Aneurysm, False etiology
Brachiocephalic Trunk
Catheterization, Central Venous adverse effects
Subclavian Vein

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