Endobronchial ultrasound and esophageal ultrasound: just because we can, does not necessarily mean we should

Affiliations

¹ Department of Interventional Pulmonology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: kopenwang@yahoo.com.
² Department of Interventional Pulmonology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
³ Department of Pulmonology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, Jaswant Rai Speciality Hospital, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Comment

Ko Pen Wang et al. Chest. 2011 Jul.

. 2011 Jul;140(1):271-272.

doi: 10.1378/chest.11-0171.

¹ Department of Interventional Pulmonology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: kopenwang@yahoo.com.
² Department of Interventional Pulmonology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
³ Department of Pulmonology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, Jaswant Rai Speciality Hospital, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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