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For each patient, the end of follow-up was defined as July 1997 in patients for whom follow-up was available, the date of death, or the date after which the patient was unavailable for follow-up. The ...
Vascular interventional radiology
by Madison Rose
Vascular interventional radiology is performed in our center by seven different radiologists. Every day, one of these seven physicians is on duty and may thus be called to perform BAE if necessary. Si...
Bleeding
by Madison Rose
At first, the site of bleeding was lateralized by flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy and/or by radiograph. Under local anesthesia, transfemoral bronchial arteriography was performed percutaneously using...
Technique of BAE
by Madison Rose
We did not perform pulmonary angiography in any patient because abnormalities of bronchial or nonbronchial arteries were found in all cases. All patients had been hospitalized in our ICU. Early chest ...
Life-Threatening Hemoptysis
by Madison Rose
Life-threatening hemoptysis was defined as expectoration of at least 200 mL of blood per hour in a patient with normal or nearly normal lung function, production of at least 50 mL of blood per hour in...