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Paradoxical air embolism during orthoptic liver transplantation: diagnosis by transoesophageal echocardiography

Guillaume Thiéry, Frédérique Le Corre, P Kirstetter, Alain Sauvanet, Jacques Belghiti, J. Marty

European Journal of Anaesthesiology · 1999 · 15 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

We describe a case of paradoxical air embolism during orthotopic liver transplantation, early diagnosis, using intra-operative transoesophageal echocardiography after a circulatory failure, allowed early management by hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

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