Primary aortoesophageal fistula due to thoracic aortic aneurysm: Successful surgical treatment

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 607-610

  Prokakis, Christos ^a   Charoulis, Nikolaos ^a   Tselikos, Dimitrios ^a   Koletsis, Efstratios N ^a   Apostolakis, Efstratios ^a   Dougenis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aneurysm, infected surgery; Aortic aneurysm, thoracic complications mortality surgery; Empyema; Esophageal fistula diagnosis etiology therapy; Esophagostomy; Mediastinitis; Tomography, x ray computed; Vascular fistula etiology surgery

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; HEPARIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; TEICOPLANIN;

ABSCESS; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DACRON IMPLANT; ENTERIC FEEDING; ESOPHAGOSTOMY; GASTROSTOMY; HEMATEMESIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NOSE FEEDING; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; SEPTICEMIA; STOMACH BYPASS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACIC CAVITY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ABSCESS; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAINAGE; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSTOMY; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 76149125478     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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