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Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei-Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University and National Taiwan University, China
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Shen-kou Tsai, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei-Veterans General Hospital, National Taiwan University and Yang-Ming University, 210, Sec 2, Shih-pai Rd., Taipei, Taiwan 11217, China. Address e-mail to sktsai{at}vghtpe.gov.tw
IMPLICATIONS: We describe a case of massive carbon dioxide embolism with an abrupt decrease in arterial blood pressure and continuous mixed venous oxygen saturation during endoscopic vein harvesting that was immediately diagnosed by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography.
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