Kpodonu Jacques, Rodriguez-Lopez Julio A, Ramaiah Venkatesh G, Diethrich Edward B
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
J Card Surg. 2008 Sep-Oct;23(5):530-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00562.x. Epub 2008 Mar 18.
Open surgical repair of aorto bronchial fistulas is associated with a high morbidity and mortality. Endovascular stent graft as an alternative therapy, though limited, has produced acceptable initial results, but few reports of mid-term follow-up are available. We report the mid-term results with the use of an endograft to treat a patient with both an aorto bronchial fistula and a contained rupture of the thoracic aorta.
