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The aim of this autopsy study was to investigate if microbubbles of air accidently entering the bloodline may be detected as microemboli (ME) in tissue such as lungs, brain and heart. If so, do differences in prevalence exist between haemodialysis (HD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Included were data from 44 patients treated by medical healthcare before death. Twenty-five cases had been treated with chronic HD and 19 cases died from ALS. Since air in the bloodline activates coagulation, ME could appear. To discriminate between microbubbles caused by artificial contamination during autopsy versus microbubbles deposited in vivo, tissues were stained with a polyclonal fluorescent antibody against fibrinogen, fibrin and fragments E and D. Fluorescence staining was used to visualize ME counted within 25 microscopic fields (600\u00d7) of a tissue preparation. One tissue preparation was used if available from the lung, heart and frontal lobe of the brain and in five cases also the cerebellum.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Microbubbles can be verified at autopsy as ME in the lung, heart and brain in tissue from patients exposed to more extensive medical care. There were significantly more ME in the lungs versus the heart or brain. Women had fewer ME than men. The HD group had a higher median of ME per section than the ALS group (lung: 6 versus 3, P\u00a0=\u00a0.007; heart: 2.5 versus 1, P\u00a0=\u00a0.013; brain: 7.5 versus 2, P\u00a0=\u00a0.001) and had more sections with ME findings than the ALS group (P\u00a0=\u00a0.002). A correlation existed between the time on HD (months) and ME in the lungs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>More ME were present in HD patients compared with those who suffered from ALS. 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