Bronchoscopic image of a stent through the bronchial wall revealing lung parenchyma with severe emphysema

Reproduced from: Cardoso, PFG, Snell, GI. Hopkins, P, et al. Clinical application of airway bypass with paclitaxel-eluting stents: Early results. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007; 134:974. Illustration used with the permission of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.