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Buffalo Chest: An Overlooked Risk Factor for Thoracic Interventional Procedures?

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  1. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy

    Saad Salman, Ludovica Lofino, Sara Mastinu, Angela Ammirabile, Marco Francone, Letterio Salvatore Politi & Ezio Lanza

  2. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

    Ludovica Lofino, Sara Mastinu, Angela Ammirabile, Marco Francone, Letterio Salvatore Politi & Ezio Lanza

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Salman, S., Lofino, L., Mastinu, S. et al. Buffalo Chest: An Overlooked Risk Factor for Thoracic Interventional Procedures?. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 46, 697–700 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-023-03381-6

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