| Literature DB >> 18524782 |
B M P Rademaker1, F A Groenman, P A van der Wouw, E A Bakkum.
Abstract
After an episode of apparent venous gas embolism in a patient undergoing surgical hysteroscopy, transoesophageal echocardiography revealed air in the left but not in the right heart. Contrast echocardiography failed to demonstrate anatomical right-to-left shunts, making it likely that venous emboli overwhelmed the capacity of lungs to filter emboli, resulting in paradoxical embolization.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18524782 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen138
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Anaesth ISSN: 0007-0912 Impact factor: 9.166