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Ann Thorac Surg 1996;62:1852-1854
© 1996 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Report

Successful Management of Secondary Aortoesophageal Fistula

James D. Luketich, MD, K. Eric Sommers, MD, Bartley P. Griffith, MD, Arthur Boujoukos, MD, Rodney J. Landreneau, MD, Peter F. Ferson, MD, Robert J. Keenan, MD

Presbyterian and Montefiore Hospitals of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Accepted for publication June 18, 1996.

Aortoesophageal fistula is a rare complication after thoracic aortic aneurysm repair. Six previously reported cases of aortoesophageal fistula management have been uniformly fatal. We present our successful management and review the literature on this topic.




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