IMSAInternational Medical Sciences Academy

JIMSA › Vol 26 No 1 · January–March 2013

Editorial · pages 69–72

Bronchial Artery Embolozation in Pulmonary Diseases: Current Scenario Deep Narayan Srivastava, Manisha Jana, Ashu Bhalla, S Thulkar, S Sharma

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Bronchial Artery Embolozation in Pulmonary Diseases: Current Scenario Deep Narayan Srivastava, Manisha Jana, Ashu Bhalla, S Thulkar, S Sharma. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2013;26(1):69–72.

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Massive Haemoptysis is an acute emergency in patients and required urgent management. Though surgery definitely is a method of choice for treatment in certain selected conditions like Aspergilloma, Hydatid Cyst, Thoracic Vascular injuries but Endovascular management of haemoptysis has great potential and shown promising results. The Bronchial Artery Embolization in a case of Massive Haemoptysis not only saves lives in emergency conditions but also bridges the time period before definitely elective surgical management can be undertaken. The detail vascular Anatomy, procedure and its possible complications are being highlighted in the present Article.

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