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Pulmonary biological glue embolism after endoscopic repair of gastric varices – A case report

Cyanoacrylate injection is widely used to treat hemorrhagic gastric varices. A pulmonary glue embolism is an unusual but potentially fatal complication. We present a case of a 51-year-old man with a history of alcoholic hepatic cirrhosis Child-Pugh B, who had an acute pulmonary embolism with sudden...

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Autores principales: Penedos, Constanca, Pereira, Cristina, Lemos, Leonor, Pina, Pedro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10228839/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37260669
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sja.sja_673_22