Key result
Bronchial to coronary artery anastomosis represents a potential hazard during bronchial artery embolization that can be diagnosed prior to the procedure in patients with hemoptysis.
Highlights the critical need to identify bronchial to coronary artery anastomoses prior to bronchial artery embolization to prevent inadvertent coronary embolization.
May warrant pre-embolization coronary imaging to avoid myocardial complications; leaves open the prevalence and need for routine screening.
Bronchial artery embolization is a well-established treatment for patients with haemoptysis. Communications between coronary and bronchial vessels have been seen on coronary angiography. This report describes a case of a bronchial to coronary artery anastomosis diagnosed prior to embolization in a patient with haemoptysis.
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Berg et al. (1996) studied this question. Bronchial to coronary artery anastomosis represents a potential hazard during bronchial artery embolization that can be diagnosed prior to the procedure in patients with hemoptysis.
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