Aorto-bronchial fistula resulting from an accidental fall one year earlier

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 239-240

  Pantaleo, Paolo ^a   Prothero, Tony ^a   Banning, Adrian P ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aorto bronchial fistula; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL;

AGED; AORTA DISEASE; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS FISTULA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DACRON IMPLANT; FALLING; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR FISTULA; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0033611745     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00365-9     Document Type: Article

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