Spontaneous Aortocaval Fistula with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm 5 Years after Aortic Valve Replacement Complicated by Aortic Dissection

Sobhi Mleyhi; Mohamed Messai; Mohamed Ben Hammamia; Skander Ben Omrane

doi:10.1055/s-0039-1683882

AORTA, Inhaltsverzeichnis

CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2018; 06(06): 145-146
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1683882

Images in Aortic Disease

Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.

Spontaneous Aortocaval Fistula with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm 5 Years after Aortic Valve Replacement Complicated by Aortic Dissection

Sobhi Mleyhi

¹Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Tunis, Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia

,

Mohamed Messai

¹Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Tunis, Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia

,

Mohamed Ben Hammamia

¹Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Tunis, Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia

,

Skander Ben Omrane

¹Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Tunis, Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia

› Institutsangaben

Abstract

Iatrogenic aortic dissection after cardiac surgery is a rare and serious complication, the management of which involves many therapeutic modalities and whose prognosis is associated with high rate of morbidity and mortality. The authors report the case of a 61-year-old man presented with aortocaval fistula and aortic dissection 5 years after aortic valve replacement.

Keywords

aortic valve replacement - aortocaval fistula - endovascular treatment

Volltext

Referenzen

References
1 Castier Y, Leseche G. Aorto-caval fistulae. STV 1999; 11 (03) 188-193
2 Mitchell M, McDaniel H, Rushton F. Traitement endovasculaire d'une fistule aorto-cave chronique a l'aide d'une endoprothèse thoracique. Ann Vasc Surg 2009; 23: 163-166