Acute Coronary Artery Air Embolism Complicating a CT-guided percutaneous lung biopsy: A case report
Haotian Lu,
Jieqiong Yu,
Hongliang Sun,
Shengtao Yan
Affiliations
Haotian Lu
China-Japan Friendship Hospital (Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, China
Jieqiong Yu
Department of Emergency, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, China
Hongliang Sun
Department of Radiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, China
Shengtao Yan
Department of Emergency, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, China; Corresponding author. No.2 East Yinghua Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
Systemic air embolism is a fatal complication of computed tomography-guided percutaneous lung biopsy. Here, we report a case of acute coronary artery air embolism following computed tomography (CT) guided percutaneous lung biopsy. The patient exhibited cardiac symptoms, and CT showed air density in left ventricle and aorta, indicating air embolism. Trendelenburg positioning and coronary angiography were performed during the treatment, and the patient was discharged without obvious complications.
