EMBOLISATION FOR HAEMOPTYSIS
Patient Education Material
Haemoptysis is the medical term for coughing up blood or bloody mucus from your lungs or airway. Massive haemoptysis is defined as 200-600 ml of blood coughed up within a period of 24 hours or less. The causes of haemoptysis include blunt trauma, infections, tumours and defects in your lung.
Haemoptysis embolisation is a minimally invasive procedure that deliberately blocks the bleeding vessel, such as the bronchial arteries or pulmonary veins.
FLUOROSCOPIC GUIDED EMBOLIZATION OF BRONCHIAL ARTERIES FOR HAEMOPTYSIS
![EmbolisationHaemoptysis01](https://pkli.org.pk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/EmbolisationHaemoptysis01.png)
![EmbolisationHaemoptysis03](https://pkli.org.pk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/EmbolisationHaemoptysis03.png)
![EmbolisationHaemoptysis02](https://pkli.org.pk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/EmbolisationHaemoptysis02.png)
There are two main reasons why it is important to treat haemoptysis. If too much blood is lost, the patient may go into shock, which is life-threatening. There is also the risk of the patient inhaling the blood: if the patient breathes in too much blood, they may drown.
Kindly contact:
- One PKLI Avenue, DHA, Phase-6, Lahore, Pakistan.
- info@pkli.org.pk
- +92 42 111 117 554