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Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol
; 33(1): 157-60, 2010 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19841972
ABSTRACT
This report describes a technique of inserting an implantable venous access port (portacath) through a thrombosed and occluded vein employing a pre-existing peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) as the route of access. The PICC was used as a conduit for venous access in a way that has not been described previously in the literature. This procedure was performed in a young patient with cystic fibrosis in an effort to prevent the use of his virgin contralateral veins, which might be used in the future.