Massive air embolism after the repair of obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage: An unusual complication

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 582-584

  Alghamdi, Abdullah A ^a   Coles, John G ^a   Holtby, Helen ^b   Al Radi, Osman O ^a  

^a Division of Cardiovascular Surgery   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; NEWBORN; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM, AIR; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY VEINS; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77956316768     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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