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False Aneurysm of the Pulmonary Artery: A Complication of Pulmonary Artery Catheterization |
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| Authors: | Irving L. Kron William Piepgrass Blase Carabello Norris Crigler Charles J. Tegtmeyer Stanton P. Nolan |
| Affiliation: | From the Departments of Surgery, Internal Medicine (Cardiology Division), and Radiology, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA |
| Abstract: | A case of Swan-Ganz catheter–induced pulmonary artery injury is discussed. Iatrogenic pulmonary artery injury probably occurs more frequently than is clinically suspected. Pulmonary angiography is urged when hemoptysis occurs in a patient with an indwelling pulmonary artery catheter. |
| Keywords: | Address reprint requests to Dr. Nolan Box 181 Department of Surgery University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville VA 22908 |
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