Management of aortobronchial fistula developing 27 years after open aortic surgery by means of endovascular stent grafting

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 778-780

  Hacker, Stefan ^a   Langenberger, Herbert ^a   Plank, Christina ^a   Gorlitzer, Michael ^b   Ehrlich, Marek ^a   Dolak, Werner ^a   Kreuzer, Sören ^a   Loewe, Christian ^a   Klepetko, Walter ^a   Ankersmit, Hendrik Jan ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Hietzing Hospital   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA SURGERY; AORTOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS FISTULA; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 76749149635     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.02.036     Document Type: Article

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