Embolization of apparently normal pulmonary arteries as a treatment for hemoptysis: Case report

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-21

  Millward, Steven F ^a   Shamji, Farid M ^a   Peterson, Rebecca A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hemorrhage; Lung; Pulmonary; Pulmonary arteries; Therapeutic blockade; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GELATIN SPONGE; GELFOAM;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031052514     PISSN: 00082902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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