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Mortality and risk factors for surgical lung biopsy in patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonia

Joo Hun Park, Dongho Kim, Dongho Kim, Young Ho Koh, S LEE, Won Bae Kim, Won Bae Kim, Soo‐Jin Park

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery · 2007 · 127 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

Our data suggested that the presence of acute exacerbation at the time of biopsy and lower DL(CO) were predictors of higher mortality after the surgical lung biopsy.

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