title: Visualization of left bronchial-to-coronary artery communication after distal bronchial artery embolization for bronchiectasis.
abstract: We present a 44-year-old woman in whom a bronchial-to-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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miyazono
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kanetsuki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakajo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001981:Bronchial Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D000075202:Contraindications; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography