Coronary Artery Air Embolism Complicating a CT-Guided Transthoracic Needle Biopsy of the Lung

2002/03/01 by Babak Mokhlesi, Imraan Ansaarie, Mazen Bader +3 · 7 citations
Medicine · #Air embolism #Cardiology #Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications #Complication #Embolism #Internal medicine #Medicine #Myocardial infarction #Percutaneous #Pulmonary artery #Pulmonary embolism #Radiology #Respiratory Support and Mechanisms #Restraint-Related Deaths

paper · doi:10.1378/chest.121.3.993

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