Endovascular treatment of a bleeding secondary aorto-enteric fistula. A case report with 1-year follow-up

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1037-1041

  Brountzos, Elias N ^a   Vasdekis, Spyros ^a   Kostopanagiotou, Georgia ^a   Danias, Nikolaos ^a   Alexopoulou, Efthymia ^a   Petropoulou, Konstantina ^a   Gouliamos, Athanasios ^a   Perros, Georgios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aortic stent graft; Aorto enteric fistula; Interventional radiology

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; METRONIDAZOLE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTOINTESTINAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MELENA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DUODENAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 34848927133     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-007-9099-1     Document Type: Article

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