Failure of preoperative echo testing to prevent paradoxical air embolism: report of two cases.
Cucchiara
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Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
Nishimura
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RA
Black
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D000328:Adult; D003399:Craniotomy; D004452:Echocardiography; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged