Venous air embolism: Echocardiographic diagnosis of air bubbles in the left side of the heart in a patient with a previously diagnosed intrapulmonary shunt

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 826-828

  McGill, Michael P ^a   Kumar, Annand ^a   Rahko, Peter S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

air embolism; contrast agents; echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0030987019     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.3.826     Document Type: Article

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