Secondary aortoesophageal fistula after thoracic aortic aneurysm endovascular repair: literature review and new insights regarding the hypothesized mechanisms.

CONCLUSION: Selecting flexibility and appropriate size stent graft, avoiding the thin aortic wall, and identifying the risk factors may reduce the morbidity of complications with aortoesophageal fistula after thoracic aortic aneurysm endovascular repair. PMID: 25419355 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine - December 2, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Int J Clin Exp Med Source Type: research