Successful Management
of Secondary Aortoesophageal Fistula with Graft Infection

A 60-year-old woman was transferred to our institution after massive hematemesis and the diagnosis of secondary aortoesophageal fistula was made. Five months previously, she had undergone graft replacement from the origin of the left subclavian artery to midthoracic aorta for chonic type B dissection. After an extraanatomic bypass was performed through a sternotomy, the infected thoracic aortic graft was resected through a left thoracotomy. She remained well without evidence of infection.

Key words:

Secondary aortoesophageal fistula - Type B aortic dissection - Graft infection - Extraanatomic bypass

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Received for Publication: June 14, 2000