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AORTIC ANEURYSM DEVELOPING AFTER UMBILICAL ARTERY CATHETERIZATION
Author(s) -
RAJS JOVAN,
FINNSTRÖM ORVAR,
WESSTRÖM GÖRAN
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1976.tb04919.x
Subject(s) - medicine , umbilical artery , cardiac catheterization , cardiology , aneurysm , aortic aneurysm , aorta , surgery , pregnancy , fetus , genetics , biology
. A variety of complications of umbilical vessel catheterization in the newborn have been reported by earlier investigators. This paper describes a case in which umbilical artery catheterization probably gave rise to an aortic aneurysm. The histological findings suggested that the hypoxic changes in the aortic wall as well as the mechanical effect of the catheter were involved in the origin of the aneurysm.