Undetected Air Embolism During Hemodialysis from a Defective Central Venous Catheter Causing Intradialytic Cardiac Arrest: An Imaging Teaching Case

• Taesoo Kim,
• Dirk M. Hentschel,
• David B. Mount,
• Katherine Scovner Ravi

Affiliations

Taesoo Kim

Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Address for Correspondence: Taesoo Kim, MD, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114.

Dirk M. Hentschel

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

David B. Mount

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; Renal Division, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA

Katherine Scovner Ravi

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA