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Air embolism due to a patent foramen ovale visualised by harmonic contrast echocardiography
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A 73 year old woman presented with impaired consciousness after 3 days of uneventful recovery from surgery for rectal cancer. The patient became comatose, and her blood pressure dropped to 70 mm Hg. The total parenteral nutrition infusion line into the right subclavian vein had been disconnected temporarily and by accident just before the episode. Cerebral …