title: Air in the Moustache Can Choke the Left Ventricle.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Electronic address: gianluca.torregrossa@mountsinai.org.
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Torregrossa
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Cindy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
authors.forename: Ramachandra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Gregory W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: air embolism; aortic root surgery; cardiac surgery