Lamm Gudrun, Auer Johann, Punzengruber Christian, Ng Choi-Keung, Eber Bernd
Department of Cardiology, General Hospital Wels, Austria.
Int J Cardiol. 2006 Oct 10;112(3):e85-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.02.040. Epub 2006 Aug 2.
We report a case of air embolism detected by transesophageal echocardiography in a patient undergoing open heart surgery for acute mitral regurgitation. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography revealed an increased brightness of the apical wall and a severely compromised left ventricular myocardium with severe diffuse hypokinesis after removal of the aortic cross clamps and spontaneous resolution in the control echocardiography.
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