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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) After Uterine Artery Embolization

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Abbreviations

ARDS:

Acute respiratory distress syndrome

CRP:

C-reactive protein

CTPA:

CT-pulmonary angiogram

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

PVA:

Polyvinyl alcohol

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  1. University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Maja J. Wojno & Gregory Symons

  2. The Microsurgery, Suite 413, 4th Floor, The Link, Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital, 11 D.F Malan & Rua Bartholomeu Diaz, Foresehore, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

    Maja J. Wojno, Gary Sudwarts & Camillo Q. H. Coccia

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Conceptualization was contributed by Gary Sudwarts; Writing—original draft preparation, was contributed by Camillo Q. H. Coccia; Writing, review and editing were contributed by Maja Wojno; Supervision was contributed by Gary Sudwarts.

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Wojno, M.J., Sudwarts, G., Coccia, C.Q.H. et al. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) After Uterine Artery Embolization. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 43, 1728–1730 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-020-02600-8

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