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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Cerebral Air Embolism, the Potential of Arterial and Venous Ascent

Christoph J Schlimp, MD1, Wolfgang Lederer, MD, MSc, Prof2

1 Dept. of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Trauma Hospital of Klagenfurt, Austria
2 Dept. of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria

Dr. Christoph J Schlimp, Tel: +43-463-5890-1035, Fax: +43-463-5890-1038, Email: c.schlimp@gmx.at, Trauma Hospital of Klagenfurt, Waidmannsdorferstrasse 35, A-9021 Klagenfurt, Austria.

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We read with great interest the case report by Seeburger et al. on massive cerebral air embolism with severe neurological impairment after surveillance bronchoscopy and central line removal.1 The authors hypothesize that the mechanism of systemic venous air embolism reaching the cerebral vasculature in patients without intracardiac . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009; 17:541
© 2009 by SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/0218492309344737




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