Interest in the bronchial arteries, especially in their anastomoses with the pulmonary arteries, has greatly increased during recent years. The important developments in the diagnosis and treatment of congenital cardiac diseases has contributed to this in a large measure. In cases of pulmonary stenosis and pulmonary atresia the bronchial vascular system is markedly hypertrophied, and in atresia...

Surgical treatment for central bronchogenic carcinoma with invasion of the main bronchus and pulmonary artery often include bronchial anastomosis and pulmonary angioplasty. As a technique, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy has proven to reduce the rate of occurrence of complications, and thereby obtain improved survival rates. In the present case study, its use in treating c...

Bronchial artery aneurysm (BAA) is an uncommon disease, and spontaneous rupture of an ectopic BAA can be difficult for diagnosis and life-threatening. This case study describes a 52-year-old man who presented with acute onset of right chest pain, mild tachycardia, and hypertension. The initial diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction was made, and the patient was given nitroglycerin prior to ad...

We report a case of fistulous communication with two saccular aneurysms (9 mm and 7 mm) between the sinoatrial branch of the circumflex artery and the bronchial arteries.

Bridging bronchus (BB) is a rare, congenital bronchial anomaly that is frequently associated with congenital cardiac malformations, especially left pulmonary artery sling. It represents an anomalous bronchus to the right originating from the left main bronchus. Discrimination from other bronchial anomalies is important, since BB is frequently associated with bronchial stenoses due to abnormal c...

THE normal bronchial arterial blood flow provides only a very small portion of the blood flow through the lungs.' 2 Since it supplies oxygen and nutrients to the bronchial musculature and mucosa, it may have importance for pulmonary mechanisms far beyond that expected on the basis of its small flow. After giving up its oxygen on passage through the pulmonary parenchyma, this flow passes into th...

Hemoptysis is a crucial entity taking into account its morbidity and mortality. Pulmonary tuberculosis the leading cause for massive hemoptysis in our part of world, which if left untreated may be life threatening. We present case 37-year-old male patient with pulmonary concurrent thromboembolism presenting hemoptysis, was successfully managed Bronchial Artery Embolization. This represents that...

Hemoptysis constitutes a common and urgent medical problem. Swift and effective management is of crucial importance, especially in severe, life-threatening cases. Because of bronchial artery or a branch of pulmonary artery erosion due to cavitary infiltration, bronchiectasis, fungus ball, broncholithiasis, or destroyed lung, the bleeding can lead to highly compromised gas exchange or sometimes ...