[Diagnostic image (129). A woman who collapsed upon catheterisation. Air embolism].
A subclavian catheter was introduced in a 72-year-old woman whereupon she collapsed due to air embolism. The emboli were seen in the superior V. cava, the right atrium and the left pulmonary artery.
Hermens
F H W
FH
Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Weg door Jonkerbos 100, 6532 SZ Nijmegen. frankhermens@planet.nl
Schuurmans
M M J
MM
D000368:Aged; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging