Images in medicine: Spontaneous aortocaval fistula complicating abdominal aortic aneurysm

Aortocaval fistula represents a rare, life-threatening complication of abdominal aortic aneurysm that needs emergency surgical treatment. The presentation couples that of a rupturing aneurysm with other more characteristic features resulting from the massive arteriovenous shunt. Early recognition an...

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Main Authors: Massimo Tonolini, Sonia Ippolito, Francesca Rigiroli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
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Online Access:http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2014;volume=7;issue=2;spage=129;epage=130;aulast=Tonolini