Impact of distance of the catheter tip from cavo-atrial junction on bubble test (delay) time: A prospective study.
Stefano ElliD'amata DarioCavalli SilviaCambiaghi GloriaGiorgianni MariavittoriaMarino FrancescoPozzoli JessicaRusso MarioLucchini AlbertoFoti GiuseppePozzi MatteoMarco GianiPublished in: The journal of vascular access (2023)
The push-to-bubbles time is very low when the catheter tip is at the cavo-atrial junction. This delay increases progressively with increasing distance from the target. Push-to-bubbles delay time above 1 s might indicate a catheter not close to the cavo-atrial junction.