Open AccessSudden Respiratory Arrest Resulting From Brainstem Embolism in a Patient Undergoing Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Author(s) -
Michael Zaugg,
Mário Lachat,
Thomas Pfammatter,
Gieri Cathomas,
Edith R. Schmid
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1097/00000539-200102000-00009
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal aortic aneurysm , complication , embolism , abdominal aorta , aneurysm , surgery , stent , cerebral embolism , respiratory arrest , aorta , radiology
Surgery on the aorta is a great challenge for the anesthesiologist, even with newly developed and less invasive stent-graft procedures. The case of a fatal cerebral embolism during endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm is reported, and the potential mechanisms underlying this unexpected complication are discussed.