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Images in emergency medicine
‘Bubbles in the brain’: systemic air embolism syndrome from an atrial-oesophageal fistula
  1. C Cereda1,
  2. C Staedler1,
  3. G Moschovitis2,
  4. F Caronni3,
  5. C L Bassetti1,
  6. A Azzola3
  1. 1Neurocenter (EOC) of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale Civico, Lugano, Switzerland
  2. 2Department of Cardiology, Ospedale Civico, Lugano, Switzerland
  3. 3Intensive Care Unit, Ospedale Civico, Lugano, Switzerland
  1. Correspondence toDr Carlo Cereda, Neurocenter (EOC) of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale Civico, Lugano, Via Tesserete 46, Lugano CH-6900, Switzerland; carlo.cereda{at}eoc.ch

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.2010.093195

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