A Fatal Aortoesophageal Fistula Caused by Critical Combination of Double Aortic Arch and Nasogastric Tube Insertion for Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome

Double aortic arch (DAA) is a rare vascular congenital abnormality. Since a vascular ring surrounds bronchus and esophagus, any oral or nasal intubation can physically cause fatal aortoesophageal fistula (AEF). We report herein the first case of association of DAA and superior mesenteric artery (SMA...

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Autores principales: Miura, Tomofumi, Nakamura, Junichiro, Yamada, Satoshi, Miura, Tsutomu, Yanagi, Masahiko, Tani, Yoshiko, Nishihara, Mamiko, Takahashi, Toru
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2010
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Published: June 2010
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2929415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20805944
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000316633

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