AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA SECONDARY TO THORACIC AORTIC-ANEURYSM REPAIR

Authors
GRAHAM ANJ MCGUIGAN JA CURRY RC
Citation
Anj. Graham et al., AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA SECONDARY TO THORACIC AORTIC-ANEURYSM REPAIR, Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 34(5), 1993, pp. 381-383
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System",Surgery
Journal title
Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219509
Volume
34
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
381 - 383
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9509(1993)34:5<381:AFSTTA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The development of a fistula between the aorta and the oesophagus afte r graft replacement of the thoracic aorta is extremely rare. We report a case which occurred 3 years and 7 months after repair of an aneurys m of the descending thoracic aorta and review the previous reports of this uniformly fatal condition.