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Rare malposition of a central venous catheter into the left internal mammary vein in a liver transplantation patient

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We report a rare malposition of a central venous catheter in a liver transplantation patient which occurred during an intensive care period. The waveform of central venous pressure was aberrant after connecting the catheter to the pressure kit transducer. It was misplaced into left internal mammary vein confirmed by thoracic computed tomography. Significant engorgement of the left internal mammary vein may have been the cause of this rare malposition.

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  1. Department of Anesthesia, Pain Service, and Critical Care Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, No. 2, Yuh-Der Road, Taichung, 404, Taiwan, ROC

    Hsiu-Rong Liao, Kuen-Bao Chen, Chi-Yuan Li & Kin-Shing Poon

  2. Department of Anesthesia, Hsin Chu General Hospital, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Hsin Chu, Taiwan, ROC

    Tsung-Shih Li

  3. Department of Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

    Long-Bin Jeng & Horng-Ren Yang

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Liao, HR., Li, TS., Chen, KB. et al. Rare malposition of a central venous catheter into the left internal mammary vein in a liver transplantation patient. J Anesth 25, 462–464 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-011-1115-6

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