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Use of Electromagnetic Navigational Transthoracic Needle Aspiration E-TTNA for Sampling of Lung Nodules
Published on: May 23, 2015
A Veteran With a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
Lauren Kearney1, Lakshmana Swamy1, Max Brock1
1is a Hospitalist and the Director of Resident Education at VA Boston Healthcare System (VABHS) and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard University. He supervises the VA Boston Medical Forum chief resident case conferences. is a Medical Resident at the VABHS and Boston Medical Center. is a Resident at Boston University School of Medicine. is a Cardiology Fellow at Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, Illinois. is a Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician at VABHS and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine. is a Physician of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at VABHS and Assistant Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. is a Infectious Disease Physician at VABHS and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
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