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Published on: July 11, 2013
Spontaneous aorto-vena caval fistula: hemodynamic monitoring
The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
|January 1, 1981
Abstract:
Rupture of an atherosclerotic abdominal aortic aneurysm into the inferior vena cava presents a challenging surgical problem. Marked hemodynamic changes are produced by the large arteriovenous shunt. Hemodynamic monitoring with a Swan-Ganz catheter will quantitate these alterations and can help direct appropriate therapy. A case illustrating this unusual lesion and the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative cardiovascular changes is presented.

