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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 50, 972-974, Copyright © 1990 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Management of aortobronchial fistula with graft replacement and omentopexy

DE Paull and BA Keagy
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill.

Massive hemoptysis due to a recurrent aortobronchial fistula after repair of a thoracic aortic aneurysm developed in a 64-year-old woman. The infected aortic tissue was resected and replaced with an in situ Dacron graft covered by omentum. The patient is alive and well 15 months later.

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