CARDIO-AORTIC FISTULA

A rare case of prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis complicated with multiple fistula to peri aortic structure

  Multiple aorto-cardiac cavity communications is very rare but important complication of prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis. The case below illustrates multiple aorto-cardiac cavity fistula formation following prostethic aortic valve endocarditis presented with slowly progressive symptoms of heart failure. A brief review of surgical reconstruction and the existing literature are presented, i...

Oesophago-aortic fistula.

Case report A 19-year-old boy was transferred from a longstay hospital for the handicapped, after having passed melaena stools, vomited bright blood and having become shocked. In the past 6 months he had been noted to be anaemic and barium examination had been reported as showing a hiatus hernia and a duodenal ulcer. On admission, the patient was vomiting bright red blood profusely and passing ...

Rehabilitation on the day of cardio-aortic surgery

Method Inclusion Criteria: 1. Non-emergency surgery; CABG, valve surgery, thoracic aortic surgery and their combination. 2. Well-awake without a ventilator 2 hours after operation. 3. No femoral lines such as IABP or arterial lines. 4. Chest tube drainage less than 100 ml/h. 5. No neurological, hemodynamic, or subjective abnormalities. During two years, 281 patients met the criteria and divided...

Circulatory reflexes from mechanoreceptors in the cardio-aortic area.

Aortic-esophageal fistula: attempted surgical repair.