Aortobronchial and aortoesophageal fistulae as risk factors in surgery of descending thoracic aortic aneurysms

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-201

  Von Segesser, L K ^a   Tkebuchava, T ^a   Niederhauser U ^a   Kunzli A ^a   Lachat, M ^a   Genoni, M ^a   Vogt, P ^a   Jenni, R ^b   Turina, M I ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aortic fistula; Bronchial fistula; Esophageal fistula; Homografts; Rupture; Thoracic aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTOINTESTINAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030842756     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)00142-5     Document Type: Article

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