Optimization of Transbronchial Cryobiopsy in Lung Transplant Recipients.

CONCLUSIONS: Obtaining 4 or more cryobiopsy samples is valuable and safe for lung allograft monitoring. Being a recipient of a unilateral lung transplant or having arterial hypertension during bronchoscopy seem to be risk factors associated with increased bleeding.
PMID: 31229481 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - June 19, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Loor K, Culebras M, Sansano I, Álvarez A, Berastegui C, de Gracia J Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research