title: [Catheter embolization of the thoracic arteries in the treatment of lung hemorrhage].
abstract: In cases of acute, life-threatening pulmonary haemorrhage, immediate angiographic localisation of the source of haemorrhage is mandatory. Instead of a surgical intervention, transcatheter angiographic therapeutic embolisation may be performed. Embolisation is an effective method with only minimal complications, in favourable contrast to the 23 to 30% mortality encountered with surgical procedures. Embolisation, therefore, should be the first procedure in patients presenting with acute pulmonary haemorrhage. It must be emphasised that in cases of chronic pleuro-pulmonary diseases bleeding occurs not only from bronchial arteries. In 64% of these cases, the bleeding artery originates from a thoracic or diaphragmatic artery. The authors were able to treat 26 of 34 pulmonary haemorrhages (76%) by transcatheter embolisation. In 4 of these patients recurrent haemorrhage was treated by transcatheter embolisation. Severe complications were not noted in any case.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
vernacular_title: Katheterembolisation von Thoraxarterien bei der Behandlung von Lungenblutungen.