Cardiovascular pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology

The most recent articles from: Cardiovasc. Pathol. March 2010

Cardiovasc. Pathol. · Mar 2010

Case Reports

Venous air embolism after cardiopulmonary resuscitation: the first case with histological confirmation.

We report a case of intracerebral air embolism after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a patient with a fatal myocardial infarct. Cases of cerebral air embolism rarely occur as a result of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in cases of cardiopulmonary arrest on arrival. This is the first case with postmortem histological confirmation.

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