Morphological Analysis of Bronchial Arteries and Variants with Computed Tomography Angiography

Table 3

Vertebral level origin of the bronchial arteries .

Vertebral level	RBA (M, F)	LBA (M, F)	Total (M, F)
C7-T1	2 (2, 0)	1 (1, 0)	3 (3, 0)
T2	0 (0, 0)	1 (1, 0)	1 (1, 0)
T3	2 (2, 0)	4 (3, 1)	6 (5, 1)
T3-T4	2 (1, 1)	5 (3, 2)	7 (4, 3)
T4	22 (8, 14)	41 (19, 22)	63 (27, 36)
T4-T5	8 (4, 4)	15 (6, 9)	23 (10, 13)
T5	75 (38, 37)	56 (27, 29)	131 (65, 66)
T5-T6	6 (3, 3)	9 (6, 3)	15 (9, 6)
T6	33 (20, 13)	30 (23, 7)	63 (43, 20)
T6-T7	1 (1, 0)	0 (0, 0)	1 (1, 0)
T7	0 (0, 0)	2 (1, 1)	2 (1, 1)
Total ()	151 (79, 72)	164 (90, 74)	315 (169, 146)

RBA = right bronchial artery, LBA = left bronchial artery, C = cervical, T = thoracic, M = male, and F = female.