Safety and Feasibility of Using a Central Venous Catheter for Rapid Contrast Injection Rates
Pina C. Sanelli1,
Monica Deshmukh2,
Igor Ougorets3,
Rachael Caiati1 and
Linda A. Heier1
1 Department of Radiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College
of Cornell University, 520 E 70th St., Starr Pavilion630, New York, NY
10021.
2 University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School, 401 Haddon Ave., Camden, NJ 08103.
3 Department of Neurology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College
of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021.

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Fig. 1. Scout image of chest CT obtained before rapid contrast
injection to localize central venous catheter placement. Central venous
catheter (arrows) with right internal jugular approach has tip in
superior vena cava above cavoatrial junction.
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Fig. 2. Unenhanced axial CT scan obtained at level of catheter tip
(arrow) confirms intravascular location of tip.
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Fig. 3. Photograph of Arrow-Howes multilumen central venous catheter
(Arrow International) selected as standard central venous catheter used at our
institution. Proximal (A) and middle (B) ports have 18-gauge-diameter lumens.
Distal (C) port has 16-gauge-diameter lumen.
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