Cardiac gas embolism after central venous catheter removal

Vignaux, O.; Borrego, P.; Macron, L.; Cariou, A.; Claessens, Y.-E.

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Inc 32(5): 325-326

2005


ISSN/ISBN: 1066-2936
PMID: 16457081
Document Number: 585266
Clinical images reporting intracardiac gas level are sparce and, to our knowledge, the presence of gas embolism into the coronary arteries has never been reported. We describe the case of a young man who experiences life-threatening gas embolism with the presence of gas bubbles into cardiac cavities and coronary arteries.

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