Bronchial artery embolization for hemoptysis: a retrospective observational study of 344 patients.

Background: Hemoptysis is a significant clinical entity with high morbidity and potential mortality. Both medical management (in terms of resuscitation and bronchoscopic interventions) and surgery have severe limitations in these patients population. Bronchial artery embolization (BAE) represents the first-line treatment for hemoptysis.

Idiopathic pulmonary vein thrombosis extending to left atrium: a case report with a literature review .

Pulmonary vein thrombosis is a rare disease and is usually represented as a complication of atrial fibrillation, pulmonary tumors, and lobectomy. Although it is a potentially life threatening condition, the venous disease is easy to misdiagnose because of the non-specific symptoms. In this article, we present a 30-year-old patient who suffered from pulmonary vein thrombosis without any causes.

[Application of bronchoscopic lung volume reduction using one-way flap device in sheep model of heterogeneous emphysema].

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) using one way flap device in sheep model of heterogeneous emphysema.

Methods: Six 6-month sheep (weight: 20-30 kg) were treated with localized papain instillations to generate heterogeneous emphysema, subsequently underwent BLVR using one way-flap device at subsegment. Lung functional residual capacity (FRC) was analyzed before and 8 weeks after operation.