Massive transient pulmonary air embolism during pacemaker implantation under mild sedation: An unrecognized hazard of snoring

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 684-685

  Turgeman, Yoav ^a   Antonelli, Dante ^a   Atar, Shaul ^a   Rosenfeld, Tiberio ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Pacemaker implantation; Snoring

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LETHALITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MASSAGE; PACEMAKER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SEDATION; SNORING; SOUND; VALVE;

AGED; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SNORING;

EID: 2442623109     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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