Abstract
Central venous catheter placement is indicated in many situations, and an increasing number of patients require temporary and long-term central catheters. Frequently, patients who have undergone multiple central veins catheterizations develop complete and diffuse venous occlusion, and this constitutes a difficult-to-manage clinical problem. We report a case of a 20-year-old patient who was referred to our department for central venous line placement who manifested bilateral femoral, jugular, and subclavian veins occlusion. A central venous catheter was implanted through a cervical collateral vein, targeting on and puncturing an angioplasty balloon, and advanced into the collateral vein through a transhepatic venous access.
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Eyheremendy, E.P., Malizia, P. & Sierre, S. Transhepatic Venous Approach for Balloon-assisted Cervical Collateral Venous Access. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 34, 1312–1315 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-011-0125-y
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