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Placing a catheter into the aorta or directly into an artery or vein is called

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Nonselective catheter placement

This can also be placed only into the aorta from any approach. Catheter placed into the arterial vessel and not manipulated to another arterial site. This also refers to the catheter that remains in the accessed vessel or that has made it into the aorta. In contrast to the selective catheter placement which is placed into a branch off the aorta or access the vessel. Each vessel arise from the aorta represents different vascularities.
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