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[Diagnostic image (129). A woman who collapsed upon catheterisation. Air embolism]
F H W Hermens1, M M J Schuurmans
1Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Weg door Jonkerbos 100, 6532 SZ Nijmegen. frankhermens@planet.nl
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde
|April 2, 2003
Abstract:
A subclavian catheter was introduced in a 72-year-old woman whereupon she collapsed due to air embolism. The emboli were seen in the superior V. cava, the right atrium and the left pulmonary artery.