Carbon dioxide embolism during endoscopic vein harvesting

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 659-660

  Tamim, Muhammed ^a,b   Omrani, Maher ^a   Tash, Adel ^a   El Watidy, Ahmed ^a  

^a PRINCE SULTAN CARDIAC CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Co embolism; Endoscopic vein harvest

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEPARIN;

AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC VEIN HARVESTING; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN INJURY;

AGED; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; ENDOSCOPY; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INSUFFLATION; MALE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49249134730     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.174581     Document Type: Article

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