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Massive right coronary air embolism in the right coronary artery during left coronary angiography: A case report

Author(s) -

ChangBum Park,

HuiJeong Hwang,

JinMan Cho,

Byung-Hyun Jo,

ChongJin Kim

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

experimental and therapeutic medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1792-1015

pISSN - 1792-0981

DOI - 10.3892/etm.2013.939

Subject(s) - medicine , right coronary artery , air embolism , cardiology , coronary angiography , embolism , radiology , left coronary artery , artery , angiography , myocardial infarction , complication

Coronary air embolism is one of the inadvertent complications of coronary angiography. We report a case of unexpected massive right coronary air embolism during left coronary angiography with a JL4 diagnostic catheter. This report demonstrates that air embolism may occur in the contralateral coronary artery and therefore complete air aspiration must be ensured during coronary angiography.

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