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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1106-1108
© 2007 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief Communication

Massive hemoptysis: Successful treatment with surgical ligation of the thyrocervical artery

Benjamin Planquette, MDa, Patrick Bagan, MDb, Amanda Cox, MDb, Judith Valcke, MDa, Marc Riquet, MDb,*

a Department of Pulmonology, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris V University, Paris, France
b Department of Thoracic Surgery, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris V University, Paris, France.

Received for publication August 6, 2006; accepted for publication September 1, 2006.

* Address for reprints: Dr Riquet, service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, 20-40 rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris, France. (Email: marc.riquet@egp.aphp.fr).

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Bronchial artery embolization (BAE) is an effective treatment for massive hemoptysis and has a primary success rate of 94% owing to blood flow interruption. The morbidity rate of BAE is low compared with that of emergency lung resection.1Go We report a case of recurrent massive hemoptysis after primary BAE and further controlled by surgical ligation of the left thyrobicervical artery.

Clinical Summary

A 57-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for recurrent hemoptysis. The patient had a history of pulmonary tuberculosis with a previous episode of hemoptysis, which required a BAE, 20 years ago. Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was performed following a myocardial infarction, using both right and left internal thoracic arteries. Six months later, a moderate hemoptysis (10 to 20 mL) occurred without any other symptoms, but because . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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