The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1659-1661 , June 2010

Bronchoscopic transesophageal ultrasound–guided needle aspiration: An alternative to the conventional transesophageal ultrasound–guided needle aspiration technique

  • Masahide Oki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Masahide Oki, MD, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagoya Medical Center, 4-1-1 Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya 460-0001, Japan.
    • ,
  • Hideo Saka, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan
    • ,
  • Chiyoe Kitagawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan
    • ,
  • Shinji Sato, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Handa City Hospital, Handa, Japan

Received 5 September 2009 ,Accepted 28 September 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01290-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.09.054

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1659-1661 , June 2010

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