Does catheter material affect functional performance of intravenous ports via the superior vena cava?

• Ching-Feng Wu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ching-Feng Wu, Jui-Ying Fu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Jui-Ying Fu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ching-Feng Wu, Jui-Ying Fu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Division of Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan

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• Tsai-Yang Hsieh,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Chi-Tsung Wen,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software

  Affiliations College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, New Taipei Municipal Tu-Cheng Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan

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• Sheng-Yueh Yu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software

  Affiliations Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Ming-Ju Hsieh,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software

  Affiliations Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Yen Chu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software

  Affiliations College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology, Department of Medical Research and Development, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan

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• Ching-Yang Wu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wu.chingyang@gmail.com

  Affiliations Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3838-6717

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