Imaging Review of Procedural and Periprocedural Complications of Central Venous Lines, Percutaneous Intrathoracic Drains, and Nasogastric Tubes

<table>Portable AP radiographs on three different patients showing malpositioned central venous lines. (a) It shows that the IV line has crossed from the left axillary to the right axillary vein (arrows). (b) It shows the central line placed via the right jugular vein has entered the left brachiocephalic vein (arrow). (c) It shows that the tip of the central line has entered the inferior vena cava (yellow arrow), whilst the NGT has entered the left lower lobe bronchus associated with a left basal pneumonia. </table>

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Figure 1: Imaging Review of Procedural and Periprocedural Complications of Central Venous Lines, Percutaneous Intrathoracic Drains, and Nasogastric Tubes 

Figure 1 | Imaging Review of Procedural and Periprocedural Complications of Central Venous Lines, Percutaneous Intrathoracic Drains, and Nasogastric Tubes 