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Int J Angiol 2025; 34(02): 139-142
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1776144
Case Report

A Lethal Late Complication: Aortoesophageal Fistula after TEVAR

Sedat Karaca 
1   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ege University, Izmir, Türkiye
,
İslam Yalic
1   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ege University, Izmir, Türkiye
,
Barkın Bulut
1   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ege University, Izmir, Türkiye
,
Yaprak Engin
1   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ege University, Izmir, Türkiye
,
Hakan Posacıoğlu
1   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ege University, Izmir, Türkiye
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Abstract

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) has been performed in the treatment of thoracic aortic disease since the mid-1990s. Complications associated with TEVAR are increasing rapidly due to its widespread use. One of these complications is late lethal aortoesophageal fistula (AEF). The aim of this study was to describe the diagnosis of AEF in a 64-year-old woman 8 months after TEVAR. The AEF was diagnosed on a computed tomography angiography with oral and intravenous contrast. The patient underwent open surgical repair and died of sepsis 12 days after surgery.

Keywords

aortoesophageal fistula - aorta - thoracic endovascular aortic repair - open surgical repair


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Article published online:
19 October 2023

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