Carbon dioxide embolism during endoscopic vein harvesting

Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia *Corresponding author. Riyadh Armed Force Hospital, P.O Box 7897, Internal P.O Box 638, Riyadh, 11159, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Tel.: +966500486104. E-mail address : mttamim{at}yahoo.com (T. Muhammed). Endoscopic vein harvesting (EVH) is...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery 2008-08, Vol.7 (4), p.659-660
Hauptverfasser:	Tamim, Muhammed, Omrani, Maher, Tash, Adel, El Watidy, Ahmed
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Carbon Dioxide - adverse effects Coronary Artery Bypass Echocardiography, Transesophageal Embolism - diagnostic imaging Embolism - etiology Endoscopy - adverse effects Femoral Vein - diagnostic imaging Femoral Vein - injuries Heart Atria - diagnostic imaging Heart Diseases - diagnostic imaging Heart Diseases - etiology Humans Insufflation - adverse effects Male Saphenous Vein - transplantation Tissue and Organ Harvesting - adverse effects Tissue and Organ Harvesting - methods Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia *Corresponding author. Riyadh Armed Force Hospital, P.O Box 7897, Internal P.O Box 638, Riyadh, 11159, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Tel.: +966500486104. E-mail address : mttamim{at}yahoo.com (T. Muhammed). Endoscopic vein harvesting (EVH) is becoming common for the patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Using carbon dioxide insufflations during the vein harvest can produce rare but catastrophic CO 2 embolism. We report a case of massive right atrial CO 2 embolism due to femoral vein injury which occurred during the performance of a routine EVH procedure. Key Words: CO 2 embolism; Endoscopic vein harvest
ISSN:	1569-9293 1569-9285
DOI:	10.1510/icvts.2007.174581