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Case Reports
. 2018 Jan 12;2(1):101-102.
doi: 10.5811/cpcem.2017.12.36422. eCollection 2018 Feb.

Acute Cardiac Air Embolism

Leslie A Bilello  1 , Brian Q Gacioch  2 , James P Phillips  3
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Case Reports

Acute Cardiac Air Embolism

Leslie A Bilello et al. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: By the CPC-EM article submission agreement, all authors are required to disclose all affiliations, funding sources and financial or management relationships that could be perceived as potential sources of bias. The authors disclosed none. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Air Force Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.

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Image 1
Superficial basal cell carcinoma excision site on the parietal scalp. The procedure also required an area of deep bone curettage (black arrow).
Image 2
Image 2
A subcostal cardiac view demonstrated normal left ventricle (LV) contractility, decreased right ventricular (RV) contractility, and RV dilation greater than 1.5 times the LV diameter. Copious hyperechoic mobile bodies were noted within the right atrium (RA) and RV (black arrow). A parasternal short view, not pictured, revealed LV septal in-bowing during systole and diastole. LA, left atrium.
Image 3
Image 3
Repeat subcostal view approximately 12 minutes later revealed improved, but not resolved, right ventricle (RV) dilatation, significantly decreased density of air bubbles in the RV (white arrow), trace air bubbles in the left ventricle (LV). At this time, the patient’s vital signs had normalized and her oxygen requirement was significantly decreased. RA, right atrium; LA, left atrium.
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