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A Catastrophic Complication of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair: Aortoesophageal Fistula Cover

A Catastrophic Complication of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair: Aortoesophageal Fistula

Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal
Volume 18 (2022): Issue 1
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|Jul 2022
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Figure 1

Thoracic aortic stent-graft placement. (A) Penetrating thoracic aortic ulcer. (B) Thoracic aortic stent-graft placement.

Video 1

Thoracic aortic stent-graft placement, also at https://youtu.be/Pn5_3Me7OQs.

Figure 2

Aortoesophageal fistula. (A) Esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy. (B) Computed tomographic angiography. Ao: descending thoracic aorta; *: esophagus.

Video 2

Esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy, also at https://youtu.be/60p0ogCGFoI.

Figure 3

Surgery strategy. (A) Reconstruction of the descending aorta with graft. (B) Esophagus and aortic segment with aortic stent-graft resected en bloc.

Video 3

Reconstruction of the descending aorta with graft, also at https://youtu.be/uMupjd-DzUc.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1094 | Journal eISSN: 1947-6108
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Language: English
Page range: 62 - 67
Submitted on: Feb 1, 2022
Accepted on: Jul 6, 2022
Published on: Jul 22, 2022
Published by: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
thoracic endovascular aortic repair,
TEVAR,
aortoesophageal fistula,
graft replacement,
Chiari´s triad,
sentinel hematemesis

© 2022 Julio C. Sauza-Sosa, Jorge Fernández-Tapia, Karen Arratia-Carlin, Raúl Zenteno-Langle, Jorge Mendoza-Ramírez, Felix Damas-de los Santos, Gildardo Cortes-Julian, published by Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License.

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