Multiple Aortocaval Fistulas Associated With a Ruptured Abdominal Aneurysm in a Patient With Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

• Taniyasu Naohito

  Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital

• Tokunaga Hiroyuki

  Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kosei General Hospital

Abstract

Aortocaval fistula (ACF) is a rare complication of spontaneous abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture, with an incidence of 2-4%. A unique case of ruptured AAA complicated by multiple aortovenous fistulas involving the inferior vena cava and left internal iliac vein is presented, and is the first published report of a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome undergoing surgical treatment for an ACF. (Jpn Circ J 1999; 63: 564 -566)

Journal

• Japanese Circulation Journal

  Japanese Circulation Journal 63 (7), 564-566, 1999

  The Japanese Circulation Society

Keywords

• Abdominal aortic aneurysm
• Aortocaval fistula
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Details

• CRID: 1390282681411205888
• NII Article ID: 110002572853
• NII Book ID: AA00690731
• DOI: 10.1253/jcj.63.564
• COI: 1:STN:280:DyaK1MzovFWhsw%3D%3D
• ISSN: 13474839
• ISSN: 00471828
• PubMed: 10462025
• Web Site: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcj/63/7/63_7_564/_pdf
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/1999248738
• Text Lang: en
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