Intraoperative Massive Carbon Dioxide Embolism Captured with Transesophageal Echocardiography in a Patient with a Rare Vena Cava Anomaly

Robert D Kale; Muhammad F Sarwar; Andrew Sopchak

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2018.01.054

Intraoperative Massive Carbon Dioxide Embolism Captured with Transesophageal Echocardiography in a Patient with a Rare Vena Cava Anomaly

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Jan;33(1):157-161. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.01.054. Epub 2018 Feb 2.

Authors

Robert D Kale¹, Muhammad F Sarwar², Andrew Sopchak²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY. Electronic address: kaler@upstate.edu.
² Department of Anesthesiology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.

PMID: 29525189
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.01.054

No abstract available

Keywords: Durant’s maneuver; abdominal insufflation complications; absent right superior vena cava; carbon dioxide embolism; intraoperative gas embolism; persistent left superior vena cava; right heart gas-lock.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Carbon Dioxide / adverse effects*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods*
Embolism, Air / diagnosis*
Embolism, Air / etiology
Female
Humans
Insufflation / adverse effects
Intraoperative Complications*
Laparoscopy / adverse effects*
Rare Diseases
Vascular Malformations / complications
Vascular Malformations / diagnosis*
Vena Cava, Superior / abnormalities*
Vena Cava, Superior / diagnostic imaging

Substances

Carbon Dioxide