Nephrol Dial Transplant Vol. 20 No. 2 © ERAEDTA 2005; all rights reserved
Letter
Right atrial thrombus as a complication of a temporary haemodialysis cathetera potentially avoidable complication
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Sir,
The formation of right atrial thrombus (RAT) has been reported in adults as a complication of tunnelled cuffed haemodialysis catheters [1,2] and untunnelled central venous catheters used for non-dialysis indications [3]. We describe the first case of RAT and its management complicating a temporary haemodialysis catheter which had been in situ for 8 weeks, 5 weeks more than the
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