Arterial air embolism during percutaneous pulmonary marking under computed tomography guidance

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 404-406

  Sato, Koichi ^a   Miyauchi, Katsutoshi ^a   Shikata, Fumiaki ^a   Murakami, Tadashi ^a   Yoshioka, Shinji ^a   Kawachi, Kanji ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Lung cancer; Pulmonary marking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMOTHORAX; TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 23344436697     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-005-0061-3     Document Type: Article

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