CIRSE Standards of Practice on Bronchial Artery Embolisation

Joachim Kettenbach; Harald Ittrich; Jean Yves Gaubert; Bernhard Gebauer; Jan Albert Vos

doi:10.1007/s00270-022-03127-w

CIRSE Standards of Practice on Bronchial Artery Embolisation

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2022 Jun;45(6):721-732. doi: 10.1007/s00270-022-03127-w. Epub 2022 Apr 8.

Authors

Joachim Kettenbach¹, Harald Ittrich², Jean Yves Gaubert^{3

4}, Bernhard Gebauer⁵, Jan Albert Vos⁶

Affiliations

¹ Landesklinikum Wiener Neustadt, Institute of Diagnostics, Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Joachim.Kettenbach@wienerneustadt.lknoe.at.
² Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Schoen Clinic Hamburg Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany.
³ Department of Radiology, Timone University Hospital, Marseille, France.
⁴ Laboratory of Experimental Interventional Imaging, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁶ Department of Interventional Radiology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Abstract

This CIRSE Standards of Practice document is aimed at interventional radiologists and provides best practices for performing bronchial artery embolisation to effectively treat haemoptysis. It has been developed by an expert writing group established by the CIRSE Standards of Practice Committee.

Keywords: Bronchial artery; Embolisation; Endovascular treatment; Haemoptysis; Life-threatening haemoptysis; Massive haemoptysis.

MeSH terms

Bronchial Arteries* / diagnostic imaging
Embolization, Therapeutic*
Hemoptysis / therapy
Humans
Reference Standards
Vascular Surgical Procedures