Lethal coronary air embolism caused by the removal of a double-lumen hemodialysis catheter: a case report

Coronary air embolism is a rare event. We report a case in which an acute myocardial infarction occurred in the region supplied by the right coronary artery after the removal of a double-lumen hemodialysis catheter. Emergent coronary angiography revealed air bubbles obstructing the mid-segment of th...

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Autores principales: Mun, Sung Ha, An, Dong Ai, Choi, Hyun Jung, Kim, Tae Hee, Pin, Jung Woo, Ko, Dong Chan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4891546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27274379
http://dx.doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2016.69.3.296
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author Mun, Sung Ha
An, Dong Ai
Choi, Hyun Jung
Kim, Tae Hee
Pin, Jung Woo
Ko, Dong Chan
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description Coronary air embolism is a rare event. We report a case in which an acute myocardial infarction occurred in the region supplied by the right coronary artery after the removal of a double-lumen hemodialysis catheter. Emergent coronary angiography revealed air bubbles obstructing the mid-segment of the right coronary artery with slow flow phenomenon distally. The patient expired due to myocardial infarction.
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spelling pubmed-48915462016-06-07 Lethal coronary air embolism caused by the removal of a double-lumen hemodialysis catheter: a case report Mun, Sung Ha An, Dong Ai Choi, Hyun Jung Kim, Tae Hee Pin, Jung Woo Ko, Dong Chan Korean J Anesthesiol Case Report Coronary air embolism is a rare event. We report a case in which an acute myocardial infarction occurred in the region supplied by the right coronary artery after the removal of a double-lumen hemodialysis catheter. Emergent coronary angiography revealed air bubbles obstructing the mid-segment of the right coronary artery with slow flow phenomenon distally. The patient expired due to myocardial infarction. The Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 2016-06 2016-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4891546/ /pubmed/27274379 http://dx.doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2016.69.3.296 Text en Copyright © the Korean Society of Anesthesiologists, 2016 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Lethal coronary air embolism caused by the removal of a double-lumen hemodialysis catheter: a case report
title_full Lethal coronary air embolism caused by the removal of a double-lumen hemodialysis catheter: a case report
title_fullStr Lethal coronary air embolism caused by the removal of a double-lumen hemodialysis catheter: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Lethal coronary air embolism caused by the removal of a double-lumen hemodialysis catheter: a case report
title_short Lethal coronary air embolism caused by the removal of a double-lumen hemodialysis catheter: a case report
title_sort lethal coronary air embolism caused by the removal of a double-lumen hemodialysis catheter: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4891546/
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