Port a cath Implantable Venous Access System kit. It can be used for chemotherapy administration, high doses of diuretics in terminal heart failure patients, parenteral nutrition, and blood sampling. (A) Syringe, (B) atraumatic metallic catheter that will be introduced through the cephalic, jugular or subclavian vein, (C) the chamber for therapy injection, (D) dilator used to access the central vein, (E) needle for venous puncture, (F) polyethylene catheter tubing that will be inserted at the junction between the right atrium and superior vena cava, and (G) 90-degree winged infusion set. 

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... procedures utilize special available kits for central venous catheter placement, arterial line placement, pericardiocentesis (Figure 1), pulmonary artery catheterization, percutaneous tracheostomy, temporary pacemaker insertion (Figure 2), port-a-cath (Figure 3) lumbar punc- ture or suprapubic cystostomy. These kits include drapes, gloves, caps, gowns and masks for Figure 2. Temporary pacemaker insertion kit: it contains: (A) an atraumatic guidewire that will be introduced in a central vein: femoral, jugular or subclavian, (B) a plastic introducer that will remain inside the vein during the temporary stimulation of the heart, (C) a transvenous lead that will be fixed at the level of atrial or ventricular myocardium and will be used to stimulate the heart, and (D) an external pacemaker that will deliver the stimulation to the heart through the transvenous lead. ...