Gerriets T, Tetzlaff K, Liceni T, Schäfer C, Rosengarten B, Kopiske G, Algermissen C, Struck N, Kaps M
Department of Neurology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany.
Neurology. 2000 Dec 12;55(11):1741-3. doi: 10.1212/wnl.55.11.1741.
Neurologic injury subsequent to decompression from diving may be due to paradoxical arterialization of venous gas emboli. Of 40 divers who performed 53 open water dives after being tested for a patent foramen ovale (PFO), arterial gas emboli were detected in 7 of 13 dives, which resulted in venous bubbles. In five of these seven dives, there was evidence of a PFO by contrast transcranial Doppler sonography, indicating an increased risk of arterializing venous bubbles in divers with a PFO.
潜水减压后发生的神经损伤可能是由于静脉气体栓子的反常动脉化。在40名接受卵圆孔未闭（PFO）检测后进行了53次开放水域潜水的潜水员中，在13次潜水中的7次检测到动脉气体栓子，这导致了静脉气泡的出现。在这7次潜水中的5次，经颅多普勒超声造影显示存在PFO，表明有PFO的潜水员发生静脉气泡动脉化的风险增加。
