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Pulmonary air embolism: case report
S B Karr1, F J Schwab, E M Druy
1Department of Radiology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20037.
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
The authors encountered a patient with an indwelling central venous catheter who presented with pulmonary edema after the catheter hub was disconnected. Pulmonary arteriography demonstrated diffuse peripheral vasoconstriction, decreased arterial-to-venous transit time, and arterial occlusions. The former two findings allowed the authors to prospectively suggest the diagnosis of pulmonary air embolism.