Surgical management of bleeding aortopulmonary fistula and removal of an infected graft.
An anastomotic pseudoaneurysm after congenital coarctation repair performed thirteen years ago, combined with an actively bleeding aortopulmonary fistula and an infected artificial graft, were successfully managed by employing an ascending aorta-infrarenal abdominal aortic bypass, and removal of an infected graft of the descending thoracic aorta.
D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery