The spontaneous aortocaval fistula: A complication of the abdominal aortic aneurysm. Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 433-436

  Abbadi, A C ^a,b   Deldime, P ^a   Van Espen, D ^a   Simon, M ^a   Rosoux, Ph ^a  

^a Clinic Saint Joseph   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm, abdominal complications; Aortic rupture complications; Arteriovenous fistula etiology; Arteriovenous fistula surgery; Vena cava, inferior

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AORTOCAVAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LEG EDEMA; LITERATURE; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0031787939     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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