• Chest · Apr 1995

    Case Reports

    Air embolism in single-lung transplant patients after central venous catheter removal.

    • P M McCarthy, N Wang, F Birchfield, and A C Mehta.
    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA.
    • Chest. 1995 Apr 1;107(4):1178-9.

    AbstractA 53-year-old woman had a serious air embolism from the central venous catheter tract after lung transplantation. Lung transplant patients appear to be at increased risk for this complication, and four other known cases are reported.

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