Dysphagia aortica: A neglected symptom of aortoesophageal fistula

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-54

  Contini, S ^a   Corrente, V ^b   Nervi, G ^b   Franze A ^b   Scarpignato, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Maggiore University Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysms; Oesophageal fistula

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANAMNESIS; AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPHAGIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMATEMESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NEGLECT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AORTA DISEASE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FATALITY;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 33744745035     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2005.03.015     Document Type: Article

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