Intraoperative cardiac arrest caused by air embolism during video-assisted thoracoscopic segmentectomy.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center, Taichung City, Taiwan. Electronic address:

Published: March 2018

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