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Knotting of two central venous catheters: a rare complication of pulmonary artery catheterization

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  1. Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Niigata University Faculty of Medicine, 1-757 Asahimachi, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan

    Seiji Hida, Satomi Ohashi, Hidenori Kinoshita, Tadayuki Honda, Satoshi Yamamoto, Junichirou Kazama & Hiroshi Endoh

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Hida, S., Ohashi, S., Kinoshita, H. et al. Knotting of two central venous catheters: a rare complication of pulmonary artery catheterization. J Anesth 24, 486–487 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-010-0885-6

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