[Bronchial arteriography in the localization and treatment of haemoptysis. Report of 34 observations (author's transl)].

34 bronchial arteriograms were performed in 34 patients over two years. The authors tried to assess the value of this technique in the localization and treatment of haemoptysis. The study confirms the excellent results which are obtained immediately by selective embolisation to achieve haemostasis in severe cases of haemoptysis studied acutely (12 out of 14 cases). The value of arteriography was mediocre when used to localize the lesion (12 times out of 31 assessable cases). Accordingly the authors currently limit bronchial arteriography to those cases where embolisation is indicated and cases in which previous investigation had failed to yield a cause.