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Fatality Due to Subclavian Dialysis Catheter
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1981
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HemodialysisLarge ThrombusSubclavian Dialysis CatheterSuperior Vena CavaPatient SafetyVascular MalformationVascular SurgeryThoracic SurgeryVascular TraumaSurgeryDialysis TherapyAnatomyVascular AccessMedicineNephrologyEmergency MedicineCardiothoracic Surgery
A patient is described who died as a result of using a subclavian dialysis catheter. At post mortem a perforation of the superior vena cava leading to hemopericardium as well as a large thrombus in a brachiocephalic vein were found.