Have we gone too far? Endovascular stent-graft repair of aortobronchial fistulas

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1277-1285

  Wheatley III, Grayson H ^a   Nunez, Anthony ^b   Preventza, Ourania ^a   Ramaiah, Venkatesh G ^a   Rodriguez Lopez, Julio A ^a   Williams, James ^a   Olsen, Dawn ^a   Diethrich, Edward B ^a  

^a ARIZONA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HeartCare Midwest   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA INJURY; AORTOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC AORTA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 34247520585     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.11.066     Document Type: Article

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