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01-06-2013 | Letter to the Editor

Posterior Circulation Stroke After Bronchial Artery Embolization. A Rare but Serious Complication

Authors: Alicia Laborda, Carlos Tejero, Arturo Fredes, Luis Cebrian, Santiago Guelbenzu, Miguel Ángel de Gregorio

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 3/2013

Abstract

Bronchial artery embolization (BAE) is the treatment of choice for massive hemoptysis with rare complications that generally are mild and transient. There are few references in the medical literature with acute cerebral embolization as a complication of BAE. We report a case of intracranial posterior territory infarctions as a complication BAE in a patient with hemoptysis due to bronchiectasis.

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Title: Posterior Circulation Stroke After Bronchial Artery Embolization. A Rare but Serious Complication
Authors: Alicia Laborda
Carlos Tejero
Arturo Fredes
Luis Cebrian
Santiago Guelbenzu
Miguel Ángel de Gregorio
Publication date: 01-06-2013
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 3/2013
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-012-0457-2

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