The ischemic lung: Role of the bronchial arteries in lung function.

A patient with a dissecting aortic aneurysm, Type 1, developed acute pulmonary edema unexplained by the usual etiologic factors. Pathologic evidence that bronchial arterial circulation was interrupted led us to hypothesize that pulmonary edema could be due to ischemia of the bronchial circulation. To test this hypothesis, two chronic studies were done in dogs.