Open AccessCT-Fluoroscopic Guidance for Performance of Targeted Transbronchial Cryobiopsy: A Preliminary Report
Author(s) -
Daniel P. Steinfort,
Robert D D'Agostino,
Ivan Vrjlic,
Paul Einsiedel,
Jyotika D Prasad,
Bethany Jennings,
Stefan Heinze,
Louis Irving
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000490547
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , fluoroscopy , biopsy , parenchyma , bronchoscopy , diaphragm (acoustics) , lung , pathology , physics , acoustics , loudspeaker
Bronchoscopic transbronchial cryobiopsy is increasingly used for the histological assessment of diffuse parenchymal lung disease. Diagnostic performance may be improved by more accurate targeting of biopsy to radiologic abnormalities, and complication rates may be reduced by avoiding biopsy of pleura or larger vessels.