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Fatal left atrial air embolism as a complication of percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsy: A case report

BACKGROUND: Computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous lung biopsy is a common protocol in the context of diagnostic thoracic oncology, but entails a risk of complications including systematic air embolism (SAE). While SAE is often well tolerated, it can be difficult to treat and may result in rap...

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Autores principales: Li, Yi-Wei, Chen, Can, Xu, Ying, Weng, Qian-Ping, Qian, Shen-Xian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9210916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35812676
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v10.i16.5456