Surgical Repair of a Giant Aorto–Left Ventricular Fistula

Surgical Repair of Giant Type IV Hiatal Hernia

In this case report, we described a 74-year-old female patient with major complaint of respiratory problemsdyspnea after meal. Chest X-ray of the patient revealed a  gianttype IV hiatal hernia. Preoperative evaluations of the patient included esophagoscopy, esophageal manometry, barium swallow, and CT-scan. Repair of the hernia was performed using a dual mesh on the diaphragm and partial anteri...

Successful surgical repair of a giant coronary-pulmonary artery fistula: role of magnetic resonance imaging.

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Surgical Repair of Ventricular Aneurysm.

Aortic-esophageal fistula: attempted surgical repair.

Surgical repair for giant ascending aortic aneurysm to superior vena cava fistula with positive syphilitic test

Syphilitic aortitis is usually associated with thoracic aortic saccular aneurysm, aortic regurgitation and coronary ostial stenosis. However, syphilitic aneurysms have rarely been reported today. Here, we report a patient with ascending aortic aneurysm with aorta-superior vena cava (SVC) fistula with positive syphilitic test. A 52-year-old man was admitted to our institution with a giant ascend...