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CT images are available in hospital PAX archive but not accessible from outside the hospital.

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  1. Emergency Physician, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Moheb Basta

  2. Emergency Medicine Resident, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Sarah Schwartz

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Basta, M., Schwartz, S. Air embolism case report. Can J Emerg Med 25, 445–447 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-023-00506-1

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