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Thorax 2007;62:372 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.067652
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Pulmonary infarction from central venous air embolism mimicking round pneumonia

  1. S-C Ku1,
  2. Y-F Wei1,
  3. L-C Lin2
  1. 1Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
  2. 2Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr Lung-Chun Lin
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan; anniejou{at}ms28.hinet.net

    A 49-year-old man was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy after presenting with congestive heart failure since 1995. He experienced a flare-up of symptoms after an upper respiratory tract infection 1 week before admission to the coronary care unit (CCU). His dyspnoea improved after treatment with diuretics and inotropes. On day 4 in the CCU he developed a urinary tract infection complicated by septic shock. A central venous catheter (CVC) …

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