Percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy complicated by air embolism

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1400-1402

  Arnold, Blake W ^a   Zwiebel, William J ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036105169     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.178.6.1781400     Document Type: Article

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