Superior vena cava and right pulmonary artery junction – An intraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic landmark for central venous catheter tip position: A prospective observational study
TEE-guided SVC-RPA junction is an accurate landmark for the intraoperative positioning of CVC tip in the extra-pericardial portion of SVC to prevent life-threatening cardiac complications.
Authors
- Subin Sukesan
- Saravana Babu
- Shrinivas Gadhinglajkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5257-6824)
- Bineesh K Radhakrishnan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-6533)
- Pramod K. Dash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6746-1002)
- A Jagadish
Institutions
- Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (IN)
- Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Group of Institutions (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology
- Published
- 2025-06-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/joacp.joacp_103_24
- Primary Topic
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00