Author(s)

Rangreze Imran^1*, Asiri Abdulrahman², Al-Hanash Ali², Shehla Shafi Khan³

¹Department of Internal Medicine, KKU, Abha, KSA.
²Department of Medicine, Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, KSA.
³Department of Family Medicine, Armed Force Hospital, Khemis Mushayt, KSA.

Central venous catheters (CVCs) are used in intensive care units (and, increasingly, in other locations) to administer intravenous fluids and blood products, drugs, parenteral nutrition, and to monitor haemodynamic status. The risk of complication during the insertion or exchange of central venous catheters has been well documented. The majority of complications involve mechanical problems, although rarely it may induce arrhythmias as well [1]. Herein we present a case of peripheral central venous catheter induced supraventricular tachycardia in a young patient of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Central Venous Catheter (CVC), Supraventricular Tachycardia, Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma

Imran, R. , Abdulrahman, A. , Ali, A. and Shafi Khan, S. (2016) Peripheral Central Venous Catheter Induced Supraventricular Tachycardia in a Patient of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, 5, 67-70. doi: 10.4236/crcm.2016.53012.