Thoracic duct embolization for the management of chylothoraces

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 380-386

  Nadolski, Gregory ^a   Itkin, Maxim ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chylothorax; thoracic duct; thoracic duct embolization

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CHYLOTHORAX; CHYLOUS ASCITES; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LEG SWELLING; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; LYMPHATIC MALFORMATION; LYMPHEDEMA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA EFFUSION; REVIEW; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; THORACIC DUCT; THORACIC DUCT EMBOLIZATION;

CATHETERIZATION; CHYLOTHORAX; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MALE; THORACIC DUCT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879984206     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e3283610df2     Document Type: Review

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