Acute coronary artery air embolism following CT-guided lung biopsy

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-134

  Mansour, Asem ^a   AbdelRaouf, Salah ^a   Qandeel, Monther ^a   Swaidan, Maisa ^a  

^a KING HUSSEIN CANCER CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Coronary Artery; CT guided needle biopsy; Lung

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY EMBOLISM; DISEASE COURSE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CORONARY VESSELS; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 16844362153     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-004-0118-1     Document Type: Article

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