[Coronary and cerebral air embolism. Experimental studies on effective therapy].

In experimental studies on 148 dogs and 39 cats the effects and some therapeutic measures of systemic air embolism (coronary air embolism: 0.02 ml/kg b.w.; cerebral air embolism: 3.3 ml/kg b.w.) are investigated. Using the infrared thermocamera the postembolic temperature changes of the left ventricular anterior wall and the surface of the brain are registered continuously and the thermograms evaluated quantitatively. The increase of perfusion pressure following systemic--coronary and cerebral--air embolism has demonstrated to be the most effective procedure to achieve reversibility of ischemia of the heart and the brain; in comparison to the other therapeutic measures here studied this is a statistically high significant result. To transfer these experimental findings into clinical application is suggested because of its practicability and convenience.