Management of major hemoptysis in patients with cystic fibrosis.

Although bronchoscopy remains the best definitive method for localization of the site 
of hemorrhage in patients who have massive hemopytsis, angiography remains an 
important adjunct to this localization. When combined with embolization of the 
bleeding bronchial artery, it is an effective method of therapy for 
the management of massive hemoptysis in patients with cystic fibrosis. 