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Case Reports

. 2015 Nov;70(11):1099-100.

doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207205. Epub 2015 May 29.

Cerebral air embolism during CT-guided lung biopsy

Rafael Dahmer Rocha¹, André Arantes Azevedo¹, Priscila Mina Falsarella¹, Antônio Rahal Jr¹, Rodrigo Gobbo Garcia¹

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PMID: 26024689
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207205

Case Reports

Cerebral air embolism during CT-guided lung biopsy

Rafael Dahmer Rocha et al. Thorax. 2015 Nov.

. 2015 Nov;70(11):1099-100.

doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207205. Epub 2015 May 29.

Authors

Rafael Dahmer Rocha¹, André Arantes Azevedo¹, Priscila Mina Falsarella¹, Antônio Rahal Jr¹, Rodrigo Gobbo Garcia¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Interventional Radiology, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Avenida Albert Einsten, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 26024689
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207205

No abstract available

Keywords: Complementary Medicine; Imaging/CT MRI etc; Pulmonary Embolism.

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