Primary aortoenteric fistula: Should enhanced computed tomography be considered in the diagnostic work-up?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1157-1159

  Wood, Alice ^a   Bendjelid, Si Mhamed ^b   Bendjelid, Karim ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Radiology   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTODUODENAL FISTULA; AORTOINTESTINAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 25644446781     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000175769.11560.FE     Document Type: Article

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