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Percutaneous balloon occlusion of the inferior vena cava as an adjunct for treating ruptured type IV thoracoabdominal aneurysm and aortocaval fistula.

Espinel CF, Calligaro KD, Dougherty MJ

Section of Vascular Surgery, Pennsylvania Hospital, PA, USA.

Spontaneous aortocaval fistulas are rare and thoracoabdominal aneurysms eroding into the inferior vena cava are rarer still. We describe a patient who presented to our hospital with a fistula between a Type IV thoracoabdominal aneurysm and the inferior vena cava. Expanding endovascular capabilities of vascular surgeons enabled us to insert proximal and distal occluding balloon catheters into the vena cava which greatly minimized blood loss.

Published 17 April 2006 in J Vasc Surg, 43(4): 834-5.
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