Coronary artery air embolism: A potentially fatal complication of CT-guided percutaneous lung biopsy

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 988, 2010, Pages

  Cheng, H M ^a   Chiang, K H ^a   Chang, P Y ^a   Chou, Y F ^a   Huang, H W ^a   Chou, A S B ^a,b   Yen, P S ^a  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; CREATININE; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY AIR EMBOLISM; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; TRANSTHORACIC ASPIRATION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AORTA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CORONARY VESSELS; EMBOLISM, AIR; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950575499     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/39096533     Document Type: Article

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