Upper gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to an aberrant right subclavian artery-esophageal fistula: A case report and review of the literature

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 389-392

  Millar, Adam ^a   Rostom, Alaa ^b   Rasuli, Pasteur ^b   Saloojee, Nav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aberrant right subclavian artery; Esophagectomy; Gastric pull up; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Subclavian artery esophageal fistula

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOCETAXEL; ETOPOSIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; LANSOPRAZOLE;

ABERRANT RIGHT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA ARCH ANOMALY; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEATH; DYSPHAGIA; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MELENA; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SPUTUM; THORACOTOMY; ULCER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 34547466701     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/398213     Document Type: Article

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