Open AccessSafety of Bronchoscopy in Patients with Echocardiographic Evidence of Pulmonary Hypertension
Author(s) -
Gilda DiazFuentes,
Bharat Bajantri,
Muhammad Adrish
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000448848
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary hypertension , bronchoscopy , pulmonary artery , contraindication , surgery , pneumothorax , biopsy , malignancy , pathology , alternative medicine
Bronchoscopy with transbronchial and endobronchial biopsy and transbronchial needle aspiration is an important diagnostic tool in the pulmonologist's armamentarium. Safety in patients with pulmonary hypertension is controversial and many bronchoscopists consider this as a contraindication for the procedure.
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