Air embolism complicated by left hemiparesis after direct cholangioscopy with an intraductal balloon anchoring system

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 221-223

  Efthymiou, Marios ^a   Raftopoulos, Spiro ^a   Chirinos, Juan Antonio ^a   May, Gary R ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; BALLOON; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPHINCTEROTOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 82755191253     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2011.01.038     Document Type: Article

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