AXR AP and cross-table lateral shows normal course of the umbilical arterial catheter from umbilical artery to internal iliac artery to common illiac artery to aorta (in and caudad and then cephalad on the AP view) while coursing anterior to the spine on the lateral view with the catheter tip appropriately positioned at T7. The umbilical venous catheter has a normal course from umbilical vein to left portal vein to ductus venosus to left hepatic vein to inferior vena cava (in and cephalad on the AP view) while coursing through the liver on the lateral view with the catheter tip positioned in the right atrium
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