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Repair of an adult aorto‐pulmonary artery fistula associated with a ruptured aortic arch aneurysm using a frozen elephant trunk technique
Author(s) -
Nakamura Ryo,
Honda Kentaro,
Yuzaki Mitsuru,
Nakai Takeo,
Kunimoto Hideki,
Nishimura Yoshiharu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.13814
Subject(s) - elephant trunks , medicine , trunk , aortic arch , aneurysm , pulmonary artery , surgery , fistula , aortic aneurysm , aorta , radiology , ecology , biology
We describe the repair of an acute aorto‐pulmonary artery fistula in a 82‐year‐old patient with a ruptured aortic arch aneurysm using a frozen elephant trunk technique.