air embolism

This, the prosecution said, caused an air bubble and a blockage in the circulation known as air embolism.

That would cause an air embolism - a blockage caused by an air bubble in the blood circulation.

He said he had read 18 research papers in total on air embolism, highlighting different indications.

“The lack of a tight seal from this defect resulted in the multiple subsequent air embolism events and irrecoverable neurological damage,” they wrote.

Dr Marnerides said in his opinion there was "no evidence that a natural disease would explain his death" and concluded that death was "explicable on the basis of air embolism".