Letter to the Editor: “Atrial thrombi associated with indwelling catheters in abnormal right atria”
✍ Scribed by Burke, G.A. A.; Walker, D. A.; Hewitt, M.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 12 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-1532
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✦ Synopsis
Central venous catheters (CVC's) placed to access the venous system are routinely used in the intensive care of children requiring prolonged intravenous therapy for cancer. The use of such catheters are justified particularly in young children to reduce the number of painful procedures and facilitate venous access. Our recent experience, not previously reported, suggests that structural and functional abnormalities of the atrium may predispose to the formation of intra-atrial thrombi in children with CVC's. The first child who alerted us to this potential problem was an 11-year-old boy being treated for abdominal B-cell lymphoma who had a ''Hickman type''