Aortoesophageal fistula: Recognition and diagnosis in the emergency department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 502-505

  Heckstall, R L ^a   Hollander, J E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; SUXAMETHONIUM; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AORTA DISEASE; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

EID: 0031732142     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70182-9     Document Type: Article

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