31 December 2025
: Case report 
Percutaneous Arterial Closure for Inadvertent Subclavian Artery Cannulation During Central Venous Catheterization: A Case Report
Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents
Guangrong Zi
BDEF 1, Guo-Fu Zhu ABDG 1*
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.950797
Am J Case Rep 2025; 26:e950797
Figure 1 (A, B) Duplex ultrasonography of the cervical vessels and contrast-enhanced CT confirm the malposition of the central venous catheter (short arrow) within the left subclavian artery (long arrow). (C) Maximum intensity projection (MIP) reconstruction demonstrates the central venous catheter located in the left subclavian artery (long arrow), with the catheter tip (short arrow) positioned near the arterial origin.