Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of carbon dioxide embolism during minimally invasive saphenous vein harvesting and treatment with inhaled epoprostenol.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe a patient scheduled for coronary artery bypass who developed carbon dioxide (CO2) embolism with acute pulmonary hypertension during endoscopic saphenectomy. Transesophageal echocardiography was useful in the diagnosis of CO2 embolism and to assess response to inhaled epoprostenol.
Medical subject headings
- Carbon Dioxide
- Echocardiography, Transesophageal
- Embolism, Air
- Epoprostenol
- Intraoperative Complications
- Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
- Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
- Saphenous Vein