Clinical Study

Bronchial and Nonbronchial Systemic Artery Embolization in Management of Hemoptysis: Experience with 348 Patients

Table 4

Complications of BAE*.

ComplicationsPatients no.Percentage

Acute 122 36%
 Shivering68 20%
 Vomiting 14 4%
 Fever during embolization 10 3%
 Transient back and LL pain 10 3%
 Transient BA. spasm7 2%
 Transient shock 7 2%
 Irritative cough 3 1%
 Aortic subintimal injection 3 1%
Subacute 131 38.1%
 Fever 100 29%
 Interscapular pain 17 5%
 Transient dysphagia 12 3.5%
 Transient LL monoparesis 2 0.6%

LL: lower limb; BA: bronchial artery.