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Pulmonary Artery Perforation Repair During Thrombectomy Using Microcoil Embolization

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A distal pulmonary artery perforation was successfully occluded by percutaneous microcoil embolization via a microcatheter. Microcoil embolization is a reasonable alternative therapeutic approach for this rare complication of pulmonary interventional procedures.

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This work was supported in part by a research Project Grant-in Aid for Scientific Research (C2) (Project number 12670907) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.

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  1. Department of Radiology/Center for Advanced Medical Technology, and Department of Internal Medicine I, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5, Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo , 113-8602, Japan

    Hiroyuki Tajima, Satoru Murata, Tatsuo Kumazaki, Yutaka Abe & Teruo Takano

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Tajima, H., Murata, S., Kumazaki, T. et al. Pulmonary Artery Perforation Repair During Thrombectomy Using Microcoil Embolization. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 29, 155–156 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-003-0172-0

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