Massive cerebral arterial air embolism following arterial catheterization

Neuroradiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 892-894

  Yang, C W ^a   Yang, B P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial catheterization; Cerebral arterial air embolism; Computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ANAMNESIS; APHASIA; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; EMBOLISM, AIR; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RADIAL ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 29544450633     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-005-1437-x     Document Type: Article

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