Bronchial Artery Embolisation

• 25 yr old gentleman
• Cough with massive expectoration of blood
• P/H/O pulmonary TB
• Chest radiograph shows bilateral disease

Aortic angiogram shows hypertrophied (abnormal) bronchial arteries

 

Selective right bronchial artery angiogram shows abnormal blush and shunting into right pulmonary artery; Post embolisation there is resolution of abnormalities

 

Selective left bronchial artery angiogram shows abnormal blush and tortuous vessels with shunting into left pulmonary artery; Post embolisation there is resolution of abnormalities



Bronchial artery embolisation is a pin hole surgery done through femoral (lower limb) artery access by Dr. Ankit J. Dumaswala