Cardiac gas embolism after central venous catheter removal

O Vignaux; P Borrego; L Macron; A Cariou; Y-E Claessens

Cardiac gas embolism after central venous catheter removal

Undersea Hyperb Med. 2005 Sep-Oct;32(5):325-6.

Authors

O Vignaux¹, P Borrego, L Macron, A Cariou, Y-E Claessens

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Paris Cedex 14, France.

PMID: 16457081

Abstract

Clinical images reporting intracardiac gas level are sparce and, to our knowledge, the presence of gas embolism into the coronary arteries has never been reported. We describe the case of a young man who experiences life-threatening gas embolism with the presence of gas bubbles into cardiac cavities and coronary arteries.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Catheterization, Central Venous / instrumentation*
Coronary Disease / etiology
Device Removal / adverse effects*
Embolism, Air / etiology*
Fatal Outcome
Heart Arrest / etiology
Heart Diseases / etiology*
Humans
Intracranial Embolism / etiology
Liver Transplantation
Male
Ventricular Fibrillation / etiology