Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals
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Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann · Jan 2009
Case ReportsMassive cerebral air embolism after bronchoscopy and central line manipulation.
A 50-year-old woman who underwent double-lung transplantation suffered a massive cerebral air embolism with severe neurological impairment and temporary hemodynamic deterioration after surveillance bronchoscopy and central line removal. We hypothesize that this was due to microscopic pulmonary parenchymal injury during bronchoscopy as well as air entrainment during removal of the central venous line, with subsequent transpulmonary passage into the cerebral vessels.
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Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann · Jan 2009
Case ReportsDiaphragmatic fenestrations in catamenial pneumothorax: a management strategy.
Video-assisted thoracoscopic exploration of the right hemithorax in a 37-year-old woman with recurrent catamenial pneumothorax revealed multiple diaphragmatic fenestrations. She underwent successful plication of the diaphragm, with no recurrence of pneumothorax after 4 years of follow-up.