Cardiac arrest upon induction of general anesthesia: transesophageal echocardiography-assisted diagnosis of impending paradoxical embolus.
Younker
Dirk
D
Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. shadowfax2000@sbcglobal.net
Reeves-Viets
Joseph L
JL
Gopinath
Shankar P
SP
Tsai
Peter I-H
PI
Moon
Teresa L
TL
Cuzick
Leslie M
LM
D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055100:Optical Fibers