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Repair of aortobronchial fistula using extraanatomic grafts and hypothermic arrest
W A Lawrence1, J A Kern, C G Tribble
1Division of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 22908, USA.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|April 1, 1997
Abstract:
Aortobronchial fistula is a rare complication of thoracic aortic operations that is fatal if not promptly diagnosed and repaired. The case of a 23-year-old woman who presented with an aortobronchial fistula after three previous left thoracotomies for thoracic aortic procedures is described.