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Fatal paradoxical air embolism during liver transplantation
L Olmedilla1, I Garutti, J Pérez-Peña
1Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
British Journal of Anaesthesia
|March 31, 2000
Abstract:
We describe a case of fatal paradoxical coronary air embolism during liver transplantation. The literature on the diagnosis and prophylaxis of paradoxical air embolism during liver transplantation is reviewed and discussed.