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Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:690-692
© 1988 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Arterial Helium Embolism from a Ruptured Intraaortic Balloon

James W. Frederiksen, M.D.*, Jacqueline Smith, R.N., M.S., Paul Brown, M.D., Claude Zinetti, M.D.

Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the Department of Medicine, Edgewater Hospital, Chicago, IL

Accepted for publication July 28, 1988.

* Address reprint requests to Dr. Frederiksen, Northwestern University Medical School, 303 East Chicago Ave, Ward 9-105, Chicago, IL 60611

A 67-year-old man sustained a sudden global neurological deficit immediately following rupture of an intraaortic balloon catheter. Considerable improvement in his neurological function occurred during and after three hyperbaric oxygen treatments.




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