Title: Double interventional treatments for massive hemoptysis
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the effect of double interventional embolization for treatment of massive hemoptysis. Methods Between 2000 and 2002, 20 patients (13 men and 7 women, mean age 48.6 years) who presented with massive hemoptysis (300 ml to 800 ml of blood in 24 hours underwent bronchial artery embolization (BAE). The main etiologies of hemoptysis were tuberculosis (8 patients), bronchiectasis (6 patients), lung cancer (5 patients) and arteriovenous malformation of the lung (1 patient). Embolization was performed with the following methods: branches of bronchial artery participated embolization with particles of gelfoam, the main trunk of bronchial artery obturation with medical embolism glue (D-TH). Other feeding arteries should be also found and embolized. Results Embolization was carried out in 20 patients. Immediate control of hemoptysis was achieved in 18 patients. Evident hemostasis was obtained in 2 patients. Total hemoptysis control rate was 100% with no serious complication. Conclusions Double interventional embolization is an effective and safe treatment to the patients with massive hemoptysis.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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