Aorto-oesophageal and Aortobronchial Fistulae Following Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair: A National Survey

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-279

  Chiesa, R ^a   Melissano, G ^a   Marone, E M ^a   Marrocco Trischitta, M M ^a   Kahlberg, A ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aorto oesophageal fistula; Aortobronchial fistula; Infection; TEVAR; Thoracic aorta endovascular repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISEASE; AORTOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; AORTOPULMONARY FISTULA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY; THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC REPAIR; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 77649275005     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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