bronchial arteries supply the lungs with oxygenated blood, and nutrition. Although there is much variation, there are usually two bronchial arteries that...

Bronchial artery embolization is a treatment for hemoptysis, abbreviated as BAE. It is a kind of catheter intervention to control hemoptysis (airway bleeding)...

pulmonary arteries. These eventually form intralobular arteries. The pulmonary arteries supply the alveoli of the lungs. In contrast, bronchial arteries, that...

bronchi and keep the airway open. The bronchial wall normally has a thickness of 10% to 20% of the total bronchial diameter. The cartilage and mucous membrane...

bronchoscopy. Angiography of bronchial arteries can be performed to locate the bleeding, and it can often be embolized. Bronchial artery embolization (BAE) is...

veins are counterparts to the bronchial arteries. However, they only carry ~13% of the blood flow of the bronchial arteries. The remaining blood is returned...

artery when surgically treating an aortic aneurysm to prevent damage which would result in insufficient blood supply to the spinal cord. In bronchial...

thrombus in the artery of Adamkiewicz can lead to an anterior spinal syndrome. This is the most feared, though rare complication of bronchial artery embolization...

thyroid artery. Tracheal branches The tracheal branches are distributed on the trachea, and anastomose inferiorly with the bronchial arteries. Esophageal...

oxygenate the rest of the body. In the bronchial circulation, blood goes through the following steps: Bronchial arteries carry oxygenated blood to the lungs...