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- Title
Femoral Vein Access by Contrast-Guided Puncture in Cardiac Catheterization in Patients Under One Year of Age.
- Authors
Beitzke, Albrecht; Gamillscheg, Andreas; Nagel, Bert; Koestenberger, Martin
- Abstract
We present a simple method to gain femoral vein access for cardiac catheterization in newborns and infants. After contrast injection into a short saphenous vein the femoral vein can be easily punctured under fluoroscopy of the groin. Compared to the landmark-guided technique of palpation of the femoral artery, this method shortened the time for venous access significantly in comparisons of two groups of patients <1 year of age who underwent right heart catheterization by either of these two techniques during a 6-year period.
- Subjects
CARDIAC catheterization; NEWBORN infants; SAPHENOUS vein; FEMORAL vein; FEMORAL artery; FLUOROSCOPY; PEDIATRIC cardiology
- Publication
Pediatric Cardiology, 2009, Vol 30, Issue 6, p768
- ISSN
0172-0643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00246-009-9414-5