Controlling hemoptysis: An alternative approach

Hemoptysis is a very common symptom in the practice of pulmonary physicians of India. We present a case of uncontrolled hemoptysis managed with bronchial artery embolization. Bronchial artery embolization is an effective treatment for patients with hemoptysis. Serious complications are rare, but may...

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Autores principales: Chawla, Rakesh K., Madan, Arun, Mehta, Dinesh, Chawla, Kiran
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2893435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20616945
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.63616
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author Chawla, Rakesh K.
Madan, Arun
Mehta, Dinesh
Chawla, Kiran
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description Hemoptysis is a very common symptom in the practice of pulmonary physicians of India. We present a case of uncontrolled hemoptysis managed with bronchial artery embolization. Bronchial artery embolization is an effective treatment for patients with hemoptysis. Serious complications are rare, but may occur if the arterial supply to other structures is compromised.
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spelling pubmed-28934352010-07-08 Controlling hemoptysis: An alternative approach Chawla, Rakesh K. Madan, Arun Mehta, Dinesh Chawla, Kiran Lung India Case Report Hemoptysis is a very common symptom in the practice of pulmonary physicians of India. We present a case of uncontrolled hemoptysis managed with bronchial artery embolization. Bronchial artery embolization is an effective treatment for patients with hemoptysis. Serious complications are rare, but may occur if the arterial supply to other structures is compromised. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2893435/ /pubmed/20616945 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.63616 Text en © Lung India http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Chawla, Kiran
Controlling hemoptysis: An alternative approach
title Controlling hemoptysis: An alternative approach
title_full Controlling hemoptysis: An alternative approach
title_fullStr Controlling hemoptysis: An alternative approach
title_full_unstemmed Controlling hemoptysis: An alternative approach
title_short Controlling hemoptysis: An alternative approach
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2893435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20616945
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.63616
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