Repair of an adult aorto-pulmonary artery fistula associated with a ruptured aortic arch aneurysm using a frozen elephant trunk technique

Ryo Nakamura; Kentaro Honda; Mitsuru Yuzaki; Takeo Nakai; Hideki Kunimoto; Yoshiharu Nishimura

doi:10.1111/jocs.13814

Repair of an adult aorto-pulmonary artery fistula associated with a ruptured aortic arch aneurysm using a frozen elephant trunk technique

J Card Surg. 2018 Oct;33(10):676-678. doi: 10.1111/jocs.13814. Epub 2018 Sep 21.

Authors

Ryo Nakamura¹, Kentaro Honda¹, Mitsuru Yuzaki¹, Takeo Nakai¹, Hideki Kunimoto¹, Yoshiharu Nishimura¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama City, Wakayama, Japan.

PMID: 30239034
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.13814

Abstract

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.

Keywords: aorto-pulmonary artery fistula; frozen elephant trunk technique.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aged, 80 and over
Aorta / surgery*
Aorta, Thoracic / surgery*
Aortic Rupture / complications
Aortic Rupture / surgery*
Arterio-Arterial Fistula / complications
Arterio-Arterial Fistula / surgery*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Artery / surgery*
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Surgical Procedures / methods*