Iatrogenic cardiac tamponade after central venous catheter
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Cardiac tamponade complicating central venous catheter.
Cardiac tamponade complicating central venous catheters is usually fatal. We present a 23 year old woman who developed cardiac tamponade 12 hours after the insertion of a subclavian line. Early recognition of this complication and urgent pericardiocentesis led to her survival.
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Cardiology
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0160-9289,1932-8737
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960110207