'Bubbles in the brain': systemic air embolism syndrome from an atrial-oesophageal fistula.
Cereda
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Neurocenter (EOC) of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale Civico, Lugano, Via Tesserete 46, Lugano CH-6900, Switzerland. carlo.cereda@eoc.ch
Staedler
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Moschovitis
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Caronni
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Bassetti
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Azzola
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed