Selective pulmonary artery occlusion to treat hemoptysis associated with pulmonary venous obstruction

Hemoptysis may occur in patients with pulmonary venous obstruction and prominent decompressing vessels in the airways adjacent to the affected pulmonary veins. The options for treatment of hemoptysis are limited, particularly when efforts to alleviate pulmonary venous obstruction have failed. Here w...

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Main Authors: Melissa S.W. Yamauchi, Mary Hunt Martin, Harlan R. Muntz, Ronald W. Day
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007117303088