Invasive biopsy is effective and useful after lung transplant

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 759-763

  Burdett, Clare L ^a   Critchley, Rebecca J ^a   Black, Fiona ^b   Barnard, Sion ^b   Clark, Stephen C ^b   Corris, Paul A ^a,b   Gould, Kate F ^b   Butt, Tanveer ^b   Dark, John H ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

lung transplant; open lung biopsy; video assisted thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953717809     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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