Cerebrovascular accident after vacuum-assisted venous drainage in a Fontan patient: a cautionary tale.

Jahangiri, M; Rayner, A; Keogh, B; Lincoln, C · Ann Thorac Surg · 2001

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Vacuum-assisted venous drainage was used in a 24-year-old woman who underwent a redo Fontan procedure. She developed a hemiparesis, which is thought to be caused by cerebral air embolism.

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