Anesth Analg 2003;96:962-964
© 2003 International Anesthesia Research Society
CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIA
Transesophageal Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Carbon Dioxide Embolism During Minimally Invasive Saphenous Vein Harvesting and Treatment with Inhaled Epoprostenol
André Martineau, MD FRCPC*,
Geneviève Arcand, MD*,
Pierre Couture, MD FRCPC*,
Denis Babin, MS*,
Louis P. Perreault, MD PhD, FRCSC , and
André Denault, MD FRCPC*
Departments of *Anesthesiology and
Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Quebec, Canada
Address correspondence and reprint requests to André Denault, MD, FRCPC, Montreal Heart Institute, Department of Anesthesiology, 5000 Belanger St. East, Montreal, Quebec, H1T 1C8, Canada. Address e-mail to denault{at}videotron.ca
IMPLICATIONS: We describe a patient scheduled for coronary artery bypass who developed carbon dioxide (CO2) embolism with acute pulmonary hypertension during endoscopic saphenectomy. Transesophageal echocardiography was useful in the diagnosis of CO2 embolism and to assess response to inhaled epoprostenol.
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