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Why would someone die if they injected pure air into their arteries?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

A bubble of air: could obstruct blood flow to the tissue that the artery feeds.

Dr Altman agreed

Answered 7/1/2019

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