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. 2017 Feb;14(2):151-152.
doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2017.02.009.

Successful treatment of intracardiac air embolism using intracardiac catheter aspiration

Ae-Young Her  1 , Yong Hoon Kim  1 , Da Hye Moon  2 , Ji Hyun Kim  2 , Jae Hoon Jeong  2 , Sung-Hyun Park  2 , Jin Seon Jeong  2
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Successful treatment of intracardiac air embolism using intracardiac catheter aspiration

Ae-Young Her et al. J Geriatr Cardiol. 2017 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: Aspiration; Catheter; Intracardiac air embolism.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Non-contrast CT scan of the chest in patient with intracardiac air embolism.
(A): Axial non-contrast CT shows the presence of free air in the anterior part of the right atrium (arrow) and ventricle (arrowheads); (B): arrow points towards large amount of air in the pulmonary artery; (C & D): after air aspiration, follow-up chest CT demonstrates disappearance of air in the right atrium and ventricle, and pulmonary artery.
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