Coronary artery air embolism complicating a CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy of the lung
| Autor: | Mona Tareen, Mazen S. Bader, Imraan Ansaarie, James Boatman, Babak Mokhlesi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Male medicine.medical_specialty Percutaneous Myocardial Infarction Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Air embolism Electrocardiography Left coronary artery Internal medicine medicine.artery Biopsy medicine Embolism Air Humans Myocardial infarction Aged Lung medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Vascular disease Biopsy Needle medicine.disease Coronary Vessels Heart Arrest medicine.anatomical_structure cardiovascular system Cardiology Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Tomography X-Ray Computed Artery |
| Zdroj: | Chest. 121(3) |
| ISSN: | 0012-3692 |
| Popis: | Systemic air embolism is a rare but potentially fatal complication of percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy of the lung. Coronary air embolism can result in myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, or dysrhythmias. We present the first case of cardiac arrest and myocardial infarction confirmed by ECG and cardiac enzymes in the presence of air in the left coronary artery documented by CT scan in a 77-year-old man after CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy of the lung. |
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