R-wave changes in fatal air embolism during bone cementation

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-64

  Dalsgaard, Jörgen ^a   Sand, Niels Peter Ronnow ^b   Felsby, Sven ^a   Juelsgaard, Falle ^b   Thygesen, Kristian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Alloplastic surgery; Bone cementation; Holter monitoring; R wave loss

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LETHALITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BONE CEMENTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EMBOLISM, AIR; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0035047890     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/140174301750101582     Document Type: Article

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