title: Paradoxical symptomatic air embolism after saline contrast transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: We describe one case of paradoxical air embolism after contrast transesophageal echocardiography realized to detect a patent foramen ovale. At the end of this procedure, the patient presented a left lateral homonymous hemianopsia attributed to air embolism. Total recovery was obtained after one therapeutic recompression.
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Department, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69436 Lyon cedex 03, France. francoise.christin@chu-lyon.fr
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Christin
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bouffard
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Delafosse
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004242:Diving / Q000009:adverse effects; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology*; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008297:Male; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D012965:Sodium Chloride