Percutaneous Chemotherapy Port-A-Cath Shortening Technique

Arta Kasaeian; Julio Calderon; Zubin Irani; Mohammad Ghasemi-Rad

doi:10.1055/s-0044-1787788

The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology, Inhaltsverzeichnis

CC BY 4.0 · The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology 2025; 09(01): 055-057
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1787788

Letter to the Editor

Percutaneous Chemotherapy Port-A-Cath Shortening Technique

Arta Kasaeian

¹Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States

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Julio Calderon

¹Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States

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Zubin Irani

²Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Mohammad Ghasemi-Rad

¹Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States

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