title: A case of massive airway clotting after use of activated factor VII for massive hemoptysis: management with flexible bronchoscopy and cryoadhesion.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center/GWU, Washington, DC 20002, USA. chobot@gwu.edu
authors.forename: Alexander H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khosla
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D017679:Cryotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D015942:Factor VIIa / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D015942:Factor VIIa