Arterial helium embolism from a ruptured intraaortic balloon.
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.
Frederiksen
J W
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Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60611.
Smith
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Brown
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Zinetti
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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
D006371:Helium