Tracheal compression in a patient with Marfan's syndrome-associated tracheomegaly treated by an XXL stent: The largest diameter airway stent ever placed in a previously undescribed airway condition

Respiration

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-101

  Dutau, Hervé ^a   Cavailles, Arnaud ^a   Fernandez Navamuel, Iker ^a   Breen, David P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

Author keywords

Airway stenting; Interventional bronchoscopy; Marfan's syndrome; Tracheomegaly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; STENT; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRACHEOMEGALY;

ADULT; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; STENTS; TRACHEAL DISEASES;

EID: 58249106841     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108784     Document Type: Article

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