Pathogenesis of systemic air embolism during bronchoscopic Nd:YAG laser operations

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 930-934

  Tellides, George ^a   Ugurlu, Baran S ^a   Kim, Richard W ^a   Hammond, Graerne L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AIR; ALUMINUM SILICATES; AORTIC DISEASES; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; BRONCHOSCOPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM, AIR; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; LASER SURGERY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NEODYMIUM; SAFETY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YTTRIUM;

EID: 0031895836     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00109-x     Document Type: Article

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