Cerebral arterial air embolism treated by a vertical head-down maneuver

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-187

  Krivonyak, Gregory S ^a   Warren, Stafford G ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Aortic angiogram; Aortic root injection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTOGRAPHY; APNEA; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PARALYSIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

CEREBRAL ARTERIES; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033956429     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(200002)49:2<185::AID-CCD15>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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