"Air embolism during fontan operation".
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2014-07
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Abstract
In patients with a right to left intracardiac shunt, air embolism results in an obligatory systemic embolization.
Nonembolization of entrained air is described in a child with a single ventricle physiology who had earlier
undergone bidirectional Glenn shunt construction and Damus–Kaye–Stansel anastomosis. The air
entrainment was detected by intra-operative transesophageal echocardiography. The combined effect of a
“diving bell” phenomenon and mild aortic valve regurgitation are suggested as the reasons for the confi nement
of air into the ventricle preventing catastrophic systemic embolization.
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Air embolism, Fontan operation, Monitoring, Sternotomy, Transesophageal echocardiography
Citation
Maddali Madan Mohan, Thomas Eapen, Malik Mohd M. "Air embolism during fontan operation". Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia. 2014 Jul; 17(3): 229-231.