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Remote Magnetic Navigation for Accurate, Real-time Catheter Positioning and Ablation in Cardiac Electrophysiology Procedures
Published on: April 21, 2013
Electrocardiographic guidance for percutaneous placement of central venous catheters
F I Luks1, D L Picard, W F Pizzi
1Department of Surgery, Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, Jamaica, New York 11432.
Abstract:
A new technique is described for the percutaneous insertion of central venous catheters under direct ECG guidance, using the intraluminal column of saline solution as a transvenous electrode. This method is safe and allows the correct placement of the catheter tip in the superior vena cava, regardless of anatomic variations in the length of the central veins. It also identifies the aberrantly located catheter, thus preventing potential complications, such as irritation of the right ventricle by the catheter tip and extravascular infusion of solutes.
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