The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages e25-e26, February 2010

A word of caution: Cerebral air emboli caused by tubing elastic recoil while performing low-flow antegrade cerebral perfusion in a low-birth-weight neonate

  • Georgy Frenkel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Heart Surgery, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel
    • ,
  • Einat Birk, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel
    • ,
  • Bernardo Vidne, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Heart Surgery, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel
    • ,
  • Golan Shukrun, PCP

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Heart Surgery, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel
    • ,
  • Oren Bachar, PCP

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Heart Surgery, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel
    • ,
  • Yakov Katz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel
    • ,
  • Gabriel Amir, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Heart Surgery, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Gabriel Amir, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Heart Surgery, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, 14 Kaplan St, Petach Tikva 49202, Israel.

Received 27 March 2008; received in revised form 17 August 2008; accepted 27 August 2008. published online 19 January 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(08)01458-X

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.08.037

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages e25-e26, February 2010

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