Carbon dioxide embolism diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography during endoscopic vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 683-685

  Lin, Su Man ^a   Chang, Wen Kuei ^a   Tsao, Cheng Ming ^a   Ou, Ching Huei ^a   Chan, Kwok Hon ^a   Tsai, Shen Kou ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEFAZOLIN; DESFLURANE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PANCURONIUM; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 0037372525     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000049687.38081.95     Document Type: Article

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