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Four cases of extensive traumatic lesions of the right atrium induced by central venous catheter, are reported. In one case there was beginning in the other complete perforation of the right atrium. Such lesions can be caused by horizontal fixation of the intracardiac portion of a catheter due to wall-adherent thrombi; catheters held near the coronary sinus by a so-called Chiari net; or by coiling of the catheter within the atrium. Central venous catheters often cause endothelial lesions and thrombotic changes in the veins near the heart. Possible trauma to the right atrium, which could provoke fatal complications (e. g. haemopericardium or arrhythmias) must, therefore, be given special attention.
K M Müller, and
N Hartmann
February 1981,
Rontgen-Blatter; Zeitschrift fur Rontgen-Technik und medizinisch-wissenschaftliche Photographie,
K M Müller, and
N Hartmann
September 1981,
Zhonghua yi xue za zhi,
K M Müller, and
N Hartmann
May 1999,
VASA. Zeitschrift fur Gefasskrankheiten,
K M Müller, and
N Hartmann
December 1976,
Praktische Anasthesie, Wiederbelebung und Intensivtherapie,
K M Müller, and
N Hartmann
April 1984,
Revista medica de Chile,
K M Müller, and
N Hartmann
November 1984,
Cahiers d'anesthesiologie,
K M Müller, and
N Hartmann
October 1985,
Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke,
K M Müller, and
N Hartmann
September 1979,
La Nouvelle presse medicale,
K M Müller, and
N Hartmann
June 1979,
La Nouvelle presse medicale,
K M Müller, and
N Hartmann
November 1976,
Unfallheilkunde,
