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. 2025 Jan;48(1):120-123.
doi: 10.1007/s00270-024-03916-5. Epub 2024 Nov 27.

Coronary Artery Air Embolism After CT-Guided Percutaneous Lung Biopsy: How do we Deal with a Life-Threatening Complication?

Cristian Lindner  1   2 , Daniel Strube  3   4 , David Clemo  3   4 , Andrés Concha  3   4 , Eduardo Molina  3   4 , Jorge Zúñiga  3   4
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Coronary Artery Air Embolism After CT-Guided Percutaneous Lung Biopsy: How do we Deal with a Life-Threatening Complication?

Cristian Lindner et al. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2025 Jan.
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Keywords: Air embolism; CT-guided biopsy; Complications; Coronary artery; Transthoracic lung biopsy.

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Declarations. Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. Ethical Approval: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed Consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Consent for Publication: Consent for publication was obtained for every individual person’s data included in the study.

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