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7407906

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
During the past ten years we have performed certain phases of cardiac catheterization on 48 children using a modified percutaneous sheath technique to enter a superficial arm vein. Our patients ranged in age from 15 months to 21 years, with a mean age of 10.0 years. The indications for a superior approach most commonly have included electrophysiologic investigations, femoral vein occlusions, and proximal obstructions of the inferior vena cava. The advantages of a percutaneous sheath technique in the superficial brachial veins include the ease of changing catheters frequently during a case and the preservation of the vessel for possible repeat studies. It is not always possible to enter the heart with this technique, owing to sharp angulation of deep venous confluences in the axilla and occasional venous spasm. When successful, this mode of approach is attended by a very low prevalence of complications. There were no deaths, heart or vein perforations, or systemic infections. One patient developed a superficial phlebitis; this was mild and temporally limited. We have not encountered any case of clinically apparent venous thrombosis. When a superior approach for prograde heart catheterization in children is indicated, we have found that our modified percutaneous sheath technique is a simple, safe, and frequently successful alternative to a cutdown approach.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0098-6569
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
197-205
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Percutaneous sheath brachial vein cardiac catheterization in children.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.