Cerebral air embolism secondary to intra-aortic balloon pump rupture

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-50

  Cruz Flores, Salvador ^a,b   Diamond, Alan L ^a   Leira, Enrique C ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Balloon rupture; Cerebral air embolism; Intra aortic balloon rupture

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART INDEX; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 15544380650     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/ncc:2:1:049     Document Type: Article

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