<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Konstantinou, Evangelos A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mariolis Sapsakos, Theodoros D</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Katsoulas, Theodoros A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Velecheris, Dimitrios</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tsitsimelis, Dimitrios</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bonatsos, Gerasimos</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Persistent left superior vena cava leads to catheter malposition during PICC Port placement.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">J Vasc Access</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">J Vasc Access</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Catheterization, Peripheral</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Catheters, Indwelling</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Electrocardiography</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Middle Aged</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phlebography</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Radiography, Interventional</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tomography, X-Ray Computed</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ultrasonography, Interventional</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vascular Access Devices</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vascular Malformations</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vena Cava, Superior</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016 Mar 09</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">e29-31</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">INTRODUCTION: We present a case of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) port placement where the catheter had been malpositioned to the persistent left superior vena cava.

METHODS: Despite the obvious elevation of the P-wave signaling proximity of the catheter tip to the sinus node, the catheter was not in the desired location within the superior vena cava or the right atrium, because of the presence of a persistent left superior vena cava. Computed tomography was used in order to locate the catheter.

RESULTS: The catheter was located in the persistent left superior vena cava.

CONCLUSIONS: Malpositioning of the catheter in the persistent left superior vena cava occurs in 0.3%-0.5% of patients. The catheter was subsequently removed.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26797899?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>