This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a colleague Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in Web of Science Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Request Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Web of Science (3) Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Zaugg, M. Articles by Schmid, E. R. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Zaugg, M. Articles by Schmid, E. R. Related Collections Cardiovascular Heart Neuroanesthesia

---

CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIA

Sudden Respiratory Arrest Resulting From Brainstem Embolism in a Patient Undergoing Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Michael Zaugg, MD^*, Mario L. Lachat, MD, Thomas Pfammatter, MD, Gieri Cathomas, MD^§, and Edith R. Schmid, MD^*

*Division of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology and the Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, Radiology, and §Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Michael Zaugg, MD, Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland. Address e-mail to michael.zaugg{at}ifa.usz.ch

Implications: Surgery on the aorta is a great challenge for the anesthesiologist, even with newly developed and less invasive stent-graft procedures. The case of a fatal cerebral embolism during endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm is reported, and the potential mechanisms underlying this unexpected complication are discussed.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				S. Tesoro, D. Mezzetti, L. Marchesini, and V. A. Peduto Clonidine Treatment for Agitation in Children After Sevoflurane Anesthesia Anesth. Analg., December 1, 2005; 101(6): 1619 - 1622. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]