Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 10 , Pages 1287-1291 , October 2009

Outpatient Single-session Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Embolization

  • Scott O. Trerotola, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1 Silverstein, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to S.O.T.
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  • Reed E. Pyeritz, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics and the Center for the Integration of Genetic Healthcare Technologies, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1 Silverstein, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
    • ,
  • Barbara A. Bernhardt, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics and the Center for the Integration of Genetic Healthcare Technologies, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1 Silverstein, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Received 8 September 2008 ,Revised 11 June 2009 ,Accepted 29 June 2009.

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 None of the authors have identified a conflict of interest.

PII: S1051-0443(09)00682-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.06.026

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 10 , Pages 1287-1291 , October 2009

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