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Aneurisma de aorta abdominal roto al duodeno: causa infrecuente de hemorragia digestiva masiva

Rev. méd. Chile; 149 (1), 2021
Primary aortoenteric fistula is the spontaneous communication between the lumen of the aorta and a portion of the digestive tract. The most common cause is the erosion of an abdominal aortic aneurysm into the 3rd or 4th portion of the duodenum. It manifests clinically as gastrointestinal bleeding, with o...

Customização intraoperatória de endoprótese para correção de fístula aortoentérica em contexto de urgência: um relato de caso

Resumo A fístula aortoentérica é uma grave condição clínica, e seu manejo permanece sendo um grande desafio técnico aos cirurgiões. A abordagem por cirurgia convencional nesses casos está relacionada a altos índices de morbimortalidade. A cirurgia endovascular apresenta-se como uma ótima alter...

Primary aortoduodenal fistula: first you should suspect it

ABSTRACT A 59 year-old patient was admitted with upper gastrointestinal bleeding. The clinical exam showed mild hypotension and blood samples revealed acute anemia (hemoglobin = 7.5 g/dl). Emergency computed tomography showed an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm and extravasation of the arterial contr...

Major intrahepatic veno-venous fistula after fontan operation treated by transcatheter implantation of amplatzer septal occluder through internal jugular vein

Abstract Six months after undergoing a Fontan operation, a 7-year-old boy with right atrial isomerism and a single functional ventricle was admitted to our emergency department with cyanosis. Emergency cardiac catheterization revealed a large veno-venous fistula that began in a left hepatic vein, connect...