A case of massive airway clotting after use of activated factor VII for massive hemoptysis management with flexible bronchoscopy and cryoadhesion

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

7-1-2013

Journal

Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

Volume

20

Issue

3

DOI

10.1097/LBR.0b013e31829cb8e0

Keywords

Activated factor VII; Cryotherapy; Flexible bronchoscopy; Massive hemoptysis

Abstract

Summary: This case describes the use of flexible bronchoscopy and cryoadhesion in an 83-year-old man who developed large airway clots following treatment with activated factor VII for a complication of pulmonary hemorrhage during coronary artery bypass graft. Copyright © 2013 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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