Coronary air embolism treated by bubble aspiration

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 452-454

  Solodky, Alejandro ^a   Birnbaum, Yochai ^a   Assali, Abid ^a   Ben Gal, Tuvia ^a   Strasberg, Boris ^a   Herz, Itzhak ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coronary air embolism; Distal air aspiration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM, AIR; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENTS; SUCTION;

EID: 0034115556     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(200004)49:4<452::AID-CCD23>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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