Visualization of left bronchial-to-coronary artery communication after distal bronchial artery embolization for bronchiectasis

✍ Scribed by Nobuaki Miyazono; Hiroki Inoue; Akira Hori; Ichiroh Kanetsuki; Jurio Shimada; Masayuki Nakajo

• Book ID: 104659889
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 190 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1432-086X
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00197913

✦ Synopsis

We present a 44-year-old woman in whom a bronchialto-coronary artery communication via the conus branch was discovered after distal bronchial artery embolization with gelatin sponge for hemoptysis. If this bronchial-to-coronary artery anastomosis, not visible prior to embolization, had been inadvertently embolized, the patient could have developed a myocardial infarction. To reduce the likelihood of a serious complication, the possibility of this anastomosis should be kept in mind and angiography should be repeated before attempting proximal bronchial artery embolization.