Aortopulmonary artery fistula: Presenting with congestive heart failure in a patient with aortic dissection

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 72-74

  Atay, Yüksel ^a   Can, Levent ^a   Yaǧdi, Tahir ^a   Büket, Suat ^a,b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aorta, thoracic; Aortic rupture; Fistula; Pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTOPULMONARY SEPTAL DEFECT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; ARTERIO-ARTERIAL FISTULA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0031921761     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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