The safety and efficacy of different methods for obtaining transbronchial lung cryobiopsy in diffuse lung diseases.

Sahajal DhooriaRavindra M MehtaArjun SrinivasanKaran MadanInderpaul Singh SehgalVallandramam PattabhiramanPavan YadavMahadevan SivaramakrishnanAnant MohanAmanjit BalMandeep GargRitesh Agarwal

Published in: The clinical respiratory journal (2017)

Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy was found to offer a reasonable yield in the diagnosis of DPLDs. The incidence of pneumothorax and moderate-to-severe bleeding was lower with the use of fluoroscopy and an occlusion balloon, respectively.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
risk factors
atrial fibrillation
early onset
low grade
catheter ablation