Aortoesophageal fistula: Case report and review of the literature

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1665-1671

  Amin, Shirish ^a   Luketich, James ^a   Wald, Arnold ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PUH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Aortoenteric fistula; Aortoesophageal fistula; Gastrointestinal bleed

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; OMEPRAZOLE;

AGED; AORTA ANOMALY; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGOSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTRITIS; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0031875290     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018850728928     Document Type: Article

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