Abstract Background Unlike on-pump beating coronary artery bypass grafting, off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) rarely causes intracardiac air embolisms. However, there have been several reports of air embolisms that..
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Abstract Background The impact of air bubbles into the cerebral circulation after open heart surgery has been a topic of discussion since the introduction of the heart-lung machine. The aim..
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Abstract Intracardiac air remains an unsolved problem in the realm of cardiac surgery, leading to embolic events encompassing conduction disturbance, heart failure, and stroke. Transesophageal echocardiography allows the visualization of..
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Abstract Air in circuit in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an emergency. Different protocols have been suggested to deal with this rare but fatal complication, but their efficacies..
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Abstract Background Thousands of air bubbles enter the cerebral circulation during cardiac surgery, but whether high numbers of bubbles explain post-operative cognitive decline is currently controversial. This study estimates the..
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