Cardiac gas embolism after central venous catheter removal

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 325-326

  Vignaux, O ^a   Borrego, P ^a   Macron, L ^a   Cariou, A ^a   Claessens, Y E ^a  

^a Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FATALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CORONARY DISEASE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EMBOLISM, AIR; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 29144431578     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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