title: Cardiac gas embolism after central venous catheter removal.
abstract: Clinical images reporting intracardiac gas level are sparce and, to our knowledge, the presence of gas embolism into the coronary arteries has never been reported. We describe the case of a young man who experiences life-threatening gas embolism with the presence of gas bubbles into cardiac cavities and coronary arteries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Paris Cedex 14, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vignaux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Borrego
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Macron
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cariou
authors.forename: Y-E
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Claessens
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology; D020878:Device Removal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology