title: Role of MDCT in identification of the bleeding site and the vessels causing hemoptysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  MDCT has improved the management of hemoptysis by providing more precise depiction of bronchial and nonbronchial systemic arteries than conventional CT. The purpose of this article is to review the role of MDCT in the identification of the bleeding site and the vessels causing hemoptysis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Identification of the origin of the involved systemic arteries (bronchial and nonbronchial) or involved pulmonary artery on MDCT enables the interventional radiologist to treat them, especially in elderly patients with a tortuous aorta and atheroma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, AP-HP Tenon Hospital, 4 Rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France. antoine_khalil@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khalil
authors.forename: Muriel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fartoukh
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tassart
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parrot
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marsault
authors.forename: Marie-France
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Carette
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001981:Bronchial Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*