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The most frequent access for routine cardiac catheterisation is through the femoral artery and vein. Almost every position within the heard can be reached over these two vessels. The only exception is the pulmonary position in children with partial bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis. Therefore, access through one of the major veins of the upper part of body is needed, either the jugular or the subclavian veins.
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Tanase, D., Weil, J. (2019). The Usual Vascular Access. In: Butera, G., Chessa, M., Eicken, A., Thomson, J.D. (eds) Atlas of Cardiac Catheterization for Congenital Heart Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72443-0_5
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