The exact frequency of air embolus is likely higher than the incidence of fatal or near-fatal complications reported in the literature. Individuals that had the best outcomes were usually intubated and had capnography to demonstrate a change suggestive of air embolus prior to significant hemodynamic changes.1 As this phenomenon has not previously been well described, it is possible that other patients suffer significant air embolus with myocardial or cerebral ischemic sequelae that were not recognized because echocardiography was not used as an early tool for evaluation of hemodynamically unstable patients. It is also possible that there are a number of patients that may suffer a venous air embolus from ERCP that is sub-clinical and therefore not causing enough change in cardiac function to alter either hemodynamic parameters or capnography values. The literature suggests that if a patient does not awake following ERCP, that imaging modalities, such as echocardiography be employed for evaluation.1 Understanding the frequency of this problem or which subgroups are at risk can further aid in the diagnosis and treatment of this complication.