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. 1987 Mar-Apr;11(2):294-5.
doi: 10.1097/00004728-198703000-00020.

Venous air embolization as a complication of pressure injection of contrast media: CT findings

D B Price, P Nardi, J Teitcher

Venous air embolization as a complication of pressure injection of contrast media: CT findings

D B Price et al. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1987 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Pressurized contrast medium infusion for CT carries a risk of potentially fatal air embolization if improperly or carelessly administered. Two cases of intracardiac air embolization and three cases of subclavian venous air due to faulty contrast medium administration have been seen by the authors during a 2 year period.

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