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Venous catheters can perforate the right ventricle and cause cardiac tamponade, a complication potentially avoidable by limiting catheter length and modifying the tip.
Venous catheters can cause right ventricular perforation and cardiac tamponade, highlighting the need for careful catheter length selection and tip modifications.
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Clinicians should remain vigilant for tamponade with venous catheters; case reports leave open whether length limits or tip modifications reduce risk.
A case is reported in which a venous catheter perforated the right ventricle and caused cardiac tamponade. Methods recommended to avoid such complications include limiting the length of the radio-opaque catheter, and modifications to the catheter tip.
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Rufilanchas et al. (1977) studied this question. Venous catheters can perforate the right ventricle and cause cardiac tamponade, a complication potentially avoidable by limiting catheter length and modifying the tip.
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