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10.05.2018 | Imaging in Intensive Care Medicine
Massive coronary air embolism after CT-guided lung needle biopsy
Erschienen in: Intensive Care Medicine | Ausgabe 10/2018
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A 70-year-old female with a history of a pulmonary nodule underwent a programmed computerized tomography (CT)-guided lung needle biopsy. During the procedure, immediately after taking off the needle (Fig. 1a), the patient experienced sudden loss of consciousness, cyanosis and severe hypotension, rapidly progressing to cardiac arrest (asystole). After 50 min of advanced life support without recuperation of effective rhythm, resuscitation efforts were terminated, and the patient died.
Fig. 1
Tip of the needle in the pulmonary nodule (a); hydroaeric level in the lumen of the ascending thoracic aorta (b); presence of air in the right (c, d) and circumflex (d) coronary arteries
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