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Hemoptysis
Recent findings from Army, Medical Department highlight research in hemoptysis
April 28th, 2009
" Transcatheter bronchial artery embolization (BAE) is widely used for the treatment of hemoptysis and the immediate success rate is high, but there are still some hemorrhage recurrences. One of the common reasons for failure of BAE is collateral branches as blood supply," scientists in Beijing, People's Republic of China report. "The inferior phrenic artery (IPA) is one of the most common collateral branches that is scarcely reported. Our purpose was to observe manifestations of IPA supplying to hemoptysis and evaluate the efficacy and safety of IPA embolization. Angiography during interventional treatment of 178 hemoplysis patients in the past 7 years confirmed that...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-28)
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