A Case of Cardiac Arrest Caused by Air Embolism from Routine Root Canal Procedure

Venous air embolism (VAE) occurs when air is introduced into the venous system and subsequently travels into the right heart and pulmonary circulation. VAE mainly occurs from air that is forced by positive pressure or drawn in by negative pressure. We present a rare case of fatal VAE that occurred d...

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Autores principales: Parekh, Akarsh, McCormick, Joel, Hussain-Amin, Atheer, Barnosky, Bryan, Edwards, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9503891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36212678
http://dx.doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1067
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author Parekh, Akarsh
McCormick, Joel
Hussain-Amin, Atheer
Barnosky, Bryan
Edwards, Matthew
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description Venous air embolism (VAE) occurs when air is introduced into the venous system and subsequently travels into the right heart and pulmonary circulation. VAE mainly occurs from air that is forced by positive pressure or drawn in by negative pressure. We present a rare case of fatal VAE that occurred during a routine dental root canal procedure. A 69-year-old male was undergoing a root canal procedure at an outpatient dental office under local anesthesia. During the procedure, he went into cardiopulmonary arrest. He was resuscitated, and return of spontaneous circulation was achieved. Thoracic computed tomography was performed and revealed large amounts of air within the right ventricle and portal venous system. VAE should be recognized as a potentially fatal complication resulting from routine dental procedures.
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spelling pubmed-95038912022-10-07 A Case of Cardiac Arrest Caused by Air Embolism from Routine Root Canal Procedure Parekh, Akarsh McCormick, Joel Hussain-Amin, Atheer Barnosky, Bryan Edwards, Matthew Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J Case Report Venous air embolism (VAE) occurs when air is introduced into the venous system and subsequently travels into the right heart and pulmonary circulation. VAE mainly occurs from air that is forced by positive pressure or drawn in by negative pressure. We present a rare case of fatal VAE that occurred during a routine dental root canal procedure. A 69-year-old male was undergoing a root canal procedure at an outpatient dental office under local anesthesia. During the procedure, he went into cardiopulmonary arrest. He was resuscitated, and return of spontaneous circulation was achieved. Thoracic computed tomography was performed and revealed large amounts of air within the right ventricle and portal venous system. VAE should be recognized as a potentially fatal complication resulting from routine dental procedures. Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center 2022-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9503891/ /pubmed/36212678 http://dx.doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1067 Text en Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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title_sort case of cardiac arrest caused by air embolism from routine root canal procedure
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