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(Chest. 1995;107:1178-1179.)
© 1995 American College of Chest Physicians

Air Embolism in Single-Lung Transplant Patients After Central Venous Catheter Removal

Patrick M. McCarthy MD1; Nan Wang MD1; Frank Birchfield RN1; and Atul C. Mehta MD, FCCP1

1 From the Departments of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Pulmonary Medicine, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland

A 53-year-old woman had a serious air embolism from the central venous catheter tract after lung transplantation. Lung transplant patients appear to be at increased risk for this complication, and four other known cases are reported.

Key Words: lung transplantation • postoperative complication • venous air embolism




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