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Table 1 Demographic data of 233 patients with non-massive hemoptysis

From: Feasibility and outcomes of bronchial artery embolization in patients with non-massive hemoptysis

Characteristic

Value (N = 233)

Age (years)

56.9 ± 14.8

Sex (male/female)

143/90

Underlying disease

 DM/HTN

17/34

Causes of non-massive hemoptysis

 TB sequelae

99 (42.5)

  Bronchiectasis

31 (13.2)

  Tuberculosis destroyed lung

25 (10.9)

  Aspergilloma

26 (11.1)

  Fibrotic scar change

17 (7.3)

 Active TB

31 (13.2)

  Mycobacterium tuberculosis

28 (11.9)

  Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

3 (1.3)

 Nontuberculous mycobacteria

8 (3.3)

 Bronchiectasis without TB

35 (15.2)

 Pneumonia

27 (11.6)

 Lung cancer

11 (4.6)

 Others

22 (9.6)

Amount of hemoptysis (mL)

 < 50

92 (39.5)

 50–100

81 (34.7)

 101–200

57 (24.5)

 201–300

3 (1.3)

Pre-procedural evaluationa

 Contrast-enhanced CT + Bronchoscopy

147 (63.1%)

 Contrast-enhanced CT

72 (31.0%)

 Bronchoscopy

3 (1.2%)

 None

11 (4.7%)

In-hospital mortality

 Yesb

5 (2.1)

 No

228 (97.9)

  1. Values in parentheses represent percentages. aContrast-enhanced chest CT and bronchoscopy were performed within 3 months before BAE. bFive patients died following complications of underlying diseases (heart failure, 3 patients; multiorgan failure, 2 patients). CT, computed tomography, DM, diabetes mellitus, HTN, hypertension, TB, tuberculosis