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Table 2 Comparison of abnormal arteries

From: Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolation is an important predictor for recurrent hemoptysis after bronchial artery embolization in patients with idiopathic bronchiectasis: a multicenter cohort study

Arteries

All patients (N = 588)

Recurrent hemoptysis

Recurrent severe hemoptysis

No (N = 321)

Yes (N = 267)

p value

No (N = 474)

Yes (N = 114)

p value

Left BAs

374 (63.6)

216 (67.1)

158 (59.4)

0.054

310 (64.9)

64 (58.2)

0.190

Right intercostobronchial trunk

366 (62.6)

199 (61.8)

167 (62.8)

0.807

298 (62.3)

68 (61.8)

0.918

Common BAs

268 (45.6)

145 (45.0)

123 (46.2)

0.769

221 (46.2)

47 (42.7)

0.505

Right BAs

126 (21.4)

69 (21.4)

57 (21.4)

1.000

104 (21.8)

22 (2.0)

0.685

Left intercostobronchial trunk

16 (2.7)

5 (1.6)

11 (4.1)

0.055

12 (2.5)

4 (3.6)

0.742

Internal thoracic arteries

202 (34.4)

106 (32.9)

96 (36.1)

0.420

167 (34.9)

35 (31.8)

0.535

Costocervical trunk

41 (7.0)

25 (7.8)

16 (6.0)

0.407

35 (7.3)

6 (5.5)

0.488

Lateral thoracic arteries

50 (8.5)

27 (8.4)

23 (8.6)

0.910

37 (7.7)

13 (11.8)

0.167

Thyrocervical trunk

24 (4.1)

11 (3.4)

13 (4.9)

0.37

18 (3.8)

6 (5.5)

0.589

Subscapular arteries

14 (2.4)

8 (2.5)

6 (2.3)

0.856

9 (1.9)

5 (4.5)

0.192

Proper esophageal arteries

183 (31.1)

88 (27.3)

95 (35.7)

0.029

145 (3.3)

38 (34.5)

0.390

Intercostal arteries

68 (11.6)

38 (11.8)

30 (11.3)

0.844

52 (1.9)

16 (14.5)

0.278

Inferior phrenic arteries

277 (41.1)

139 (43.2)

138 (51.9)

0.035

217 (45.4)

60 (54.5)

0.083

Left gastric arteries

10 (1.7)

3 (0.9)

7 (2.6)

0.205

6 (1.3)

4 (3.6)

0.183

Abnormal AbBAs on CTA

124 (21.1)

49 (15.2)

75 (28.2)

< 0.001

89 (18.6)

35 (31.8)

0.002

  1. Results are expressed as number (percentage). AbBAs, aberrant BAs; CTA, Computed tomography angiography