It was reported that the customer had difficulties placing a dual lumen cannulae in the right internal jugular vein (ij) of a patient who also had a port-a-cath in the right subclavian vein additional information received july 23, 2015: the port-a-cath was obstructing the cannulation.The surgeon spent about an hour attempting to insert the cannula, then switched to fem-fem cannulation and instituted va-ecmo therapy via femoral artery, femoral vein access.The patient was stabilized.No reported patient effect.(b)(4).
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