Cerebral ischemia after venous air embolism in the absence of intracardiac defects

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-34

  Tommasino, Concezione ^a,b   Rizzardi, Roberto ^a   Beretta, Luigi ^a   Venturino, Marco ^a   Piccoli, Susanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Complication; Embolism; Venous air embolism

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; MALE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0030065588     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008506-199601000-00008     Document Type: Article

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