title: Arterial helium embolism from a ruptured intraaortic balloon.
abstract: A 67-year-old man sustained a sudden global neurological deficit immediately following rupture of an intraaortic balloon catheter. Considerable improvement in his neurological function occurred during and after three hyperbaric oxygen treatments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60611.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Frederiksen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zinetti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006371:Helium / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D006371:Helium