Hemoptysis after cryoablation for atrial fibrillation truth or just a myth?

Chest

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2014, Pages e173-e175

  Kumar, Narendra ^a   Timmermans, Carl ^a   Das, Marco ^a   Dassen, Willem ^a   Philippens, Suzanne ^a   Maessen, Jos ^a   Crijns, Harry J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LETTER; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EROSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84909997785     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-1600     Document Type: Letter

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