Staged Repair of an Aortopulmonary Fistula From a Large Ascending Aortic Pseudoaneurysm: The Role of Transesophageal Echocardiography

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2016 Oct;30(5):1329-33. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.11.022. Epub 2015 Nov 22.

Authors

Brett J Wakefield¹, Daniel Winter², Andrej Alfirevic²

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Anesthesiology. Electronic address: wakefib@ccf.org.
² Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

PMID: 27041238
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.11.022

No abstract available

Keywords: aortic pseudoaneurysm; aortopulmonary fistula; transesophageal echocardiography.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aneurysm, False / complications*
Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, False / surgery
Aorta / diagnostic imaging
Aorta / surgery
Aortic Aneurysm / complications*
Aortic Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm / surgery
Arterio-Arterial Fistula / complications
Arterio-Arterial Fistula / diagnostic imaging*
Arterio-Arterial Fistula / surgery*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods*
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Artery / surgery

Supplementary concepts

Aorta-pulmonary artery fistula