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Lung autotransplantation and extra‐anatomic bypass to treat an aortobronchial fistula after previous surgery for aortic coarctation
Author(s) -
Bugge Anders Standal,
Kvitting JohnPeder Escobar,
Sundset Arve,
Birkeland Sigurd
Publication year - 2021
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.15660
Subject(s) - medicine , autotransplantation , surgery , median sternotomy , lung , lung transplantation , fistula , descending aorta , radiology , aorta , transplantation
Lung autotransplantation can be a surgical alternative to gain access to the posterior mediastinum and the thoracic portion of the descending aorta through a sternotomy. We present a case of hemoptysis and bronchial obstruction due to a presumed infected aortobronchial fistula, secondary to stent graft placement in a patient with multiple previous surgeries for aortic coarctation, treated with lung autotransplantation and an extra‐anatomic bypass.