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| Year : 2009 |
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Supraventricular tachycardia following insertion of a central venous catheter
Onder Yavascan, Sevgi Mir, Hakan Tekguc
Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Izmir, Turkey
Correspondence Address:
Onder Yavascan
9105/14 Sokak, No. 9/5, Serdar Apartmani Akevler 35370, Yesilyurt-Izmir
Turkey
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PMID: 19861871 
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Placement of central venous catheters (CVCs) in patients is associated with several risks including endocardial injury and dysrhythmias. In addition, CVC extending into intracardiac chambers can provoke premature atrial and ventricular complexes, which have been reported to initiate supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). A 15-year-old boy with end-stage renal failure developed SVT after insertion of a CVC. |
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