Endoscopic diagnosis of secondary aortoesophageal fistula
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Endoscopic diagnosis of secondary aortoesophageal fistula.
is a catastrophic complication of endo− vascular graft placement [1]. The typical symptom of secondary AEF is massive gastrointestinal bleeding with a history of thoracic aortic aneurysm repair [2]. En− doscopy is the most sensitive and specific diagnostic study [3]. Endoscopy should be carefully performed, as it excludes other, more common causes of upper gas− trointestinal bleeding, but shoul...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endoscopy
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0013-726X,1438-8812
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-995549