Aortoesophageal fistula: An uncommon complication after stent-graft repair of an aortic thoracic aneurysm

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 683-684

  Isasti, Guillermo ^a   Gómez Doblas, Juan José ^a   Olalla, Eduardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aortoesophageal fistula; Endoscopic diagnosis; Thoracic aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MELENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FATAL OUTCOME; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 70349459771     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.207910     Document Type: Article

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