Anastomotic aortic leak: Still a challenging complication. Operate or look out the window?

Affiliations

¹ Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Province of Monza and Brianza, Italy. Electronic address: francesco_formica@fastwebnet.it.
² Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Province of Monza and Brianza, Italy.
³ Vascular Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Province of Monza and Brianza, Italy.

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Francesco Formica et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jan.

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. 2018 Jan;155(1):e11-e12.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.09.027. Epub 2017 Sep 15.

¹ Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Province of Monza and Brianza, Italy. Electronic address: francesco_formica@fastwebnet.it.
² Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Province of Monza and Brianza, Italy.
³ Vascular Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Province of Monza and Brianza, Italy.

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Treatment of postoperative distal anastomotic endoleak with the Amplatzer Vascular Plug II in chronic aortic arch dissection: A case report.
Bouassida I, Meyrignac O, Marcheix B, Revel-Mouroz P, Rousseau H. Bouassida I, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jan;155(1):e7-e10. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.07.081. Epub 2017 Aug 24. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018. PMID: 28918209 No abstract available.