Case report - Cardiopulmonary bypass Retrograde cerebral perfusion and delayed hyperbaric oxygen for massive air embolism during cardiac surgery

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 382-383

  Guy, T Sloane ^a,b   Kelly, Matthew P ^c   Cason, Brian ^a,b   Tseng, Elaine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Saint Francis Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications of cardiac surgery; Gas embolism

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; STERNOTOMY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; BRAIN CIRCULATION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFUSION;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EMBOLISM, AIR; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; PERFUSION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61849168877     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.194472     Document Type: Article

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