Delayed presentation of traumatic aortocaval fistula: A report of two cases and a review of the associated compensatory hemodynamic and structural changes

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 836-840

  Spencer, Todd A ^a   Smyth, Stephen H ^c   Wittich, Gerard ^b   Hunter, Glenn C ^a  

^a Departments of Surgery   (United States)

^b Department of Oral Medicine   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ADULT; AORTOCAVAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CONTRAST MEDIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 33645738836     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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