Fatal paradoxical pulmonary air embolism complicating percutaneous computed of the lung tomography-guided needle biopsy of the lung

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 204-206

  Chakravarti, Rajesh ^a   Singh, Virendra ^a   Isaac, Rethish ^a   John, M Joseph ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Alveolovenous fistula; Lung biopsy; Paradoxical air embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ANAMNESIS; AORTA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG LOBE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; EMBOLISM, AIR; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3843145141     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2004.01297.x     Document Type: Article

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