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
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  • 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 ,Revised 17 August 2008 ,Accepted 27 August 2008.

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  3. Williams GD, Ramamoorthy C. Brain monitoring and protection during pediatric cardiac surgery. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2007;11:23–33

 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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