PA Anatomy: Chest: Case 4

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This CVL was placed into an artery, the carotid artery. This is a rare event, because usually when placing a CVL, if you enter an artery, the pulsatile blood return is obvious and the procedure is aborted. The only clinical setting where this might not be true is when a patient has a very low blood pressure

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