Cerebrovascular accident after vacuum-assisted venous drainage in a Fontan patient: a cautionary tale.
Vacuum-assisted venous drainage was used in a 24-year-old woman who underwent a redo Fontan procedure. She developed a hemiparesis, which is thought to be caused by cerebral air embolism.
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Anesthesia, and Perfusion, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, England.
Rayner
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Keogh
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Lincoln
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D018729:Fontan Procedure; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012086:Reoperation; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*; D013396:Suction / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D014618:Vacuum; D014680:Veins