"Air embolism during fontan operation".
Ann Card Anaesth
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2014 Jul; 17(3): 229-231
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in English
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| ID: sea-153676
ABSTRACT
In patients with a right to left intracardiac shunt, air embolism results in an obligatory systemic embolization. Nonembolization of entrained air is described in a child with a single ventricle physiology who had earlier undergone bidirectional Glenn shunt construction and Damus–Kaye–Stansel anastomosis. The air entrainment was detected by intra-operative transesophageal echocardiography. The combined effect of a “diving bell” phenomenon and mild aortic valve regurgitation are suggested as the reasons for the confi nement of air into the ventricle preventing catastrophic systemic embolization.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Humans
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Male
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Child
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Monitoring, Intraoperative
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Echocardiography, Transesophageal
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Fontan Procedure
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Embolism, Air
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Sternotomy
Language:
English
Journal:
Ann Card Anaesth
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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