Cerebral air embolism complicating cardiac ablation procedures

D A Hinkle; D M Raizen; M L McGarvey; G T Liu

doi:10.1212/wnl.56.6.792

Cerebral air embolism complicating cardiac ablation procedures

Neurology. 2001 Mar 27;56(6):792-4. doi: 10.1212/wnl.56.6.792.

Authors

D A Hinkle¹, D M Raizen, M L McGarvey, G T Liu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.

PMID: 11274320
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.56.6.792

Abstract

Two patients with similar courses of neurologic impairment and subsequent recovery after cerebral air embolism complicating cardiac ablation procedures are described. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, combined with aggressive resuscitative efforts, appears to have contributed to each patient's recovery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Catheter Ablation*
Embolism, Air / complications*
Embolism, Air / therapy
Humans
Hyperbaric Oxygenation
Intracranial Embolism / complications*
Intracranial Embolism / therapy
Male
Middle Aged