Successful surgical treatment of aortocaval fistula using cardiopulmonary bypass

Cardiovasc Surg. 1995 Apr;3(2):187-9. doi: 10.1016/0967-2109(95)90892-9.

Abstract

Aortocaval fistula caused by rupture of an abdominal aneurysm was diagnosed before surgery and treated successfully using cardiopulmonary bypass, which effectively controlled the massive bleeding. Rupture of the false lumen of a dissecting aneurysm limited to the abdominal aorta was responsible for the aortocaval fistula. The defect of the inferior vena cava was closed with a running suture and the aneurysm replaced with a collagen-coated Y graft.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / complications
  • Aortic Diseases / etiology
  • Aortic Diseases / surgery*
  • Aortic Dissection / complications
  • Aortic Rupture / complications
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / etiology
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Suture Techniques
  • Vena Cava, Inferior*