Study of the Entropy as a Way to Detect Venous Air Embolism Using a Pre-cordial Doppler

Venous air embolism (VAE) is the air bubble accumulation in the right side of the heart, or in the pulmonary region. Pre-cordial Doppler allows a real-time monitoring of heart sound and is used to detect VAE episodes through changes in cardiac sound. Sometimes these changes are not detected by the o...

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Main Authors: Ana Tedim, Pedro Amorim, Ana Castro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade do Porto 2015-12-01
Series:U.Porto Journal of Engineering
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Online Access:https://journalengineering.fe.up.pt/article/view/45