Air embolism and needle track implantation complicating CT-guided percutaneous thoracic biopsy: Single-institution experience

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Ibukuro, Kenji ^a   Tanaka, Rei ^a   Takeguchi, Takaya ^a   Fukuda, Hozumi ^a   Abe, Shoko ^a   Tobe, Kimiko ^a  

^a MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air embolism; CT; Lung biopsy; Needle track implantation; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE TRACK IMPLANTATION; OSTEOSARCOMA; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACIC CAVITY;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70449511385     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.2214     Document Type: Article

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