Air embolism detected during computed tomography fluoroscopically guided transthoracic needle biopsy

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 219-221

  Hirasawa, Satoshi ^a   Hirasawa, Hiromi ^a   Taketomi Takahashi, Ayako ^a   Morita, Hideo ^a   Tsushima, Yoshito ^a   Amanuma, Makoto ^a   Endo, Keigo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Complications; Computed tomography (CT); CT guided biopsy; Lung biopsy; Needle biopsy

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMATOMA; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

AGED; AORTOGRAPHY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; LUNG; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38049150416     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-006-0260-z     Document Type: Article

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