title: Esophageal rupture complicated by a gastrocardiac fistula: review of the literature and report of a successfully treated case.
abstract: A 62-year-old man developed a fistula between the right ventricle and the stomach after Thal fundic patching of an emetogenic rupture of the esophagus. He underwent emergency surgical correction of the fistula and survived.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Critical Care and Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Finelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piasio
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahfood
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Keshishian
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Golocovsky
mesh_terms: D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D005747:Gastric Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous