Ischemic brain infarction after an air embolism. Case report;Infarto encefálico por embolia aérea. Caso clínico

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 453-456

  Mellado T, Patricio ^a,b   Constanzo P, Freddy ^a   Miquel P, Juan Francisco ^a   Ibáñez L, Patricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Anterior cerebral artery; Brain infarction; Intracranial embolism; Middle cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY;

ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; EMBOLISM, AIR; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 31144439472     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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