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Out of plane, point-of-care ultrasound demonstrating the femoral artery (yellow circle) and femoral vein (white triangle). The femoral vein was located 1.8 cm from the skin (left). Hemodialysis catheter secured at the mid-point of the femoral vein (center), and plain radiograph demonstrating the position of the hemodialysis catheter in the femoral vein (arrow head), arterial ECMO cannula (arrow A), and venous ECMO cannula (arrow V) (right).
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The 12 French, 25 cm hemodialysis catheter (Blood access UK catheter kit, NIPRO, Japan) was placed using an out-of-plane ultrasound guided technique (Figure 1).