Air tract in the thrombus: Paradoxical cerebral air embolism through a residual catheter track

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 905.e11-905.e13

  Oyama, Naoki ^a   Sakaguchi, Manabu ^a   Kitagawa, Kazuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter removal; computed tomography; diffusion weighted image; right to left shunt; transcranial Doppler; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868339492     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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