Persistent left superior vena cava--an unusual location of central venous catheters in children
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1Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Karolinska Institute, St. George's Pediatric Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Intensive Care Medicine
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
The incidence of central venous catheters inadvertently placed in a persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) was found to be 1.0% in a pediatric population requiring central venous catheterisation. Two well documented cases are presented and the possible association of PLSVC with other non-cardiovascular malformations is suggested.