Shock complicating successful bronchial artery embolization for severe hemoptysis

Vincent Labbe; Sébastien Roques; Franck Boughdène; Keyvan Razazi; Antoine Khalil; Antoine Parrot; Muriel Fartoukh

doi:10.1378/chest.08-0491

Shock complicating successful bronchial artery embolization for severe hemoptysis

Chest. 2009 Jan;135(1):215-217. doi: 10.1378/chest.08-0491.

Authors

Vincent Labbe¹, Sébastien Roques¹, Franck Boughdène², Keyvan Razazi¹, Antoine Khalil², Antoine Parrot¹, Muriel Fartoukh³

Affiliations

¹ Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation, Hôpital Tenon, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
² Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Tenon, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
³ Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation, Hôpital Tenon, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 19136409
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-0491

Abstract

Bronchial artery embolization (BAE) complications are uncommon. We describe three patients who had a shock related to splenic infarction after a successful BAE.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bronchial Arteries*
Embolization, Therapeutic / adverse effects*
Female
Hemoptysis / therapy*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Shock / etiology*
Splenic Infarction / etiology*