Cryoprobe transbronchial lung biopsy in patients after lung transplantation a pilot safety study

Chest

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 621-626

  Yarmus, Lonny ^a   Akulian, Jason ^a   Gilbert, Christopher ^b   Illei, Peter ^a   Shah, Pali ^a   Merlo, Christian ^a   Orens, Jon ^a   Feller Kopman, David ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPROBE; FEMALE; FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPE; FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPY; FORCEPS; HEMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RIGID BRONCHOSCOPE; RIGID BRONCHOSCOPY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 84874960679     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-2290     Document Type: Article

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