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Abstract
Devices to be inserted into veins or arteries for the purpose of carrying fluids into or from a peripheral or central vascular location. They may include component parts such as catheters, ports, reservoirs, and valves. They may be left in place temporarily for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes.
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- Device, Vascular Access
- Devices, Vascular Access
- Vascular Access Device
- Arterial Lines
- Intra-Arterial Lines
- Port Catheters
- Port-A-Cath
- Vascular Access Ports
- Vascular Catheters
- Venous Reservoirs
- Arterial Line
- Catheter, Port
- Catheter, Vascular
- Catheters, Port
- Catheters, Vascular
- Intra Arterial Lines
- Intra-Arterial Line
- Line, Arterial
- Line, Intra-Arterial
- Lines, Arterial
- Lines, Intra-Arterial
- Port A Cath
- Port Catheter
- Port, Vascular Access
- PortACath
- Ports, Vascular Access
- Reservoir, Venous
- Reservoirs, Venous
- Vascular Access Port
- Vascular Catheter
- Venous Reservoir
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, microbiology, parasitology, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends, veterinary, virology.
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2013; for VASCULAR ACCESS PORTS use CATHETERS, INDWELLING 1990-2012; for INTRA-ARTERIAL LINES use CATHETERS, INDWELLING 1987-2012; for VENOUS RESERVOIRS use CATHETERS, INDWELLING 1998-2012
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- National Library of Medicine. Vascular Access Devices. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D062666. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D062666
- Vascular Access Devices. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72392053