Cerebrovascular accident after vacuum-assisted venous drainage in a fontan patient: A cautionary tale

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1727-1728

  Jahangiri, Marjan ^a,b   Rayner, Alan ^a   Keogh, Brian ^a   Lincoln, Christopher ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRAIN; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VACUUM;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SUCTION; VACUUM; VEINS;

EID: 0035172735     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02648-0     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Venous air in the bypass circuit: A source of arterial line emboli exacerbated by vacuum-assisted drainage
2. Oxygenators for pediatric cardiac surgery
3. Interventions to reduce cerebral injury during cardiac surgery - The effect of arterial line filtration