Endovascular treatment of tracheoinnominate artery fistula: a case report.
Tracheoinnominate fistula is a rare but lethal condition that requires emergent surgical intervention to prevent ensuing exsanguinating hemorrhage. In clinical situations where the risk of open surgery is prohibitively high, endovascular repair may provide a life-saving alternative to control hemorrhage and serve as a temporizing or definitive solution based on a given clinical scenario. The authors report successful endovascular repair of the bleeding tracheoinnominate fistula with a stent in a liver transplant patient with high comorbidities and review the current literature.
Palchik
Eugene
E
Center for Vascular Disease, Department of Surgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
Bakken
Andrew M
AM
Saad
Nael
N
Saad
Wael E
WE
Davies
Mark G
MG
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000453:epidemiology; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006432:Hemochromatosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D016156:Respiratory Tract Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*