Aortoesophageal fistula, a catastrophic complication soon after successful repair of an aortic dissection type A.

Eur Heart J

Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.

Published: January 2009

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