Paradoxical air embolism during orthoptic liver transplantation: Diagnosis by transoesophageal echocardiography

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 342-345

  Thiery G ^a   Le Corre, F ^a   Kirstetter, P ^a   Sauvanett, A ^a   Belghiti, J ^a   Marty, J ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Liver transplantation; Patent foramen ovale; neurological complication; Transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM, AIR; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0344780721     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.1999.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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