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World J Cardiol. Oct 26, 2020; 12(10): 484-491
Published online Oct 26, 2020. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v12.i10.484
Upper body peripherally inserted central catheter in pediatric single ventricle patients
Santosh Kaipa, Christopher W Mastropietro, Hamza Bhai, Riad Lutfi, Matthew L Friedman, Mouhammad Yabrodi
Santosh Kaipa, Christopher W Mastropietro, Hamza Bhai, Riad Lutfi, Matthew L Friedman, Mouhammad Yabrodi, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Indiana University, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN 46303, United States
Author contributions: Kaipa S, Mastropietro CW, Lutfi R, Friedman ML and Yabrodi M was involved in concept designing, data collection, data analysis, drafting the article and critical revision of article; Bhai H was involved in data collection, data analysis, drafting the article and critical revision of article.
Institutional review board statement: The results in this manuscript were accepted in abstract form at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society, London, UK November 2019.
Informed consent statement: Our Study was retrospective chart review and was an exempt from IRB and we did not use any PHI, so we did not require informed consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None of the authors have conflicts of interest to disclose.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Santosh Kaipa, MD, MSc, Academic Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Indiana University, Riley Hospital for Children, 705 Riley Hospital Drive, Phase 2, Rm 4911A, Indianapolis, IN 46303, United States. santoshkaipa@gmail.com
Received: March 19, 2020
Peer-review started: March 19, 2020
First decision: July 5, 2020
Revised: July 19, 2020
Accepted: August 15, 2020
Article in press: August 15, 2020
Published online: October 26, 2020
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Core Tip

Core Tip: There is a wide variation in practice in terms of the preferred central venous access site and catheter-type for patients who undergo surgery for single ventricle heart disease. Thrombosis is a serious concern in patients with single ventricle physiology. This study aims to describe the use of upper body percutaneously inserted central catheters in patients with single ventricle physiology prior to their superior cavopulmonary anastomosis procedure at our institution. Our study shows that upper body percutaneous intravenous central catheters are associated with a low rate of clinically significant catheter-related thrombosis.