Management of aortobronchial fistula following coarctation repair

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 116-118

  Kalkat, M S ^a   Bonser, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortobronchial fistula; Coarctation repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; AORTOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FALSE ANEURYSM; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; AORTA; AORTIC COARCTATION; AORTIC DISEASES; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; FISTULA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037213214     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00724-8     Document Type: Article

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