Images in cardiovascular medicine. Gastric tube-pericardial fistula: a late complication of esophageal reconstruction

Circulation. 2010 Mar 9;121(9):1160-1. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181d57101.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Candidiasis / drug therapy
  • Candidiasis / etiology
  • Carcinoma / surgery
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / drug therapy
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / etiology
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Esophagoplasty / instrumentation*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Fistula / etiology*
  • Fistula / surgery
  • Gastric Fistula / etiology*
  • Gastric Fistula / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methylene Blue
  • Middle Aged
  • Pericardial Effusion / diagnostic imaging
  • Pericardial Effusion / etiology
  • Pericardial Effusion / surgery
  • Pericardiocentesis
  • Pericarditis / drug therapy
  • Pericarditis / etiology
  • Pericarditis / microbiology
  • Pericardium*
  • Postoperative Complications / drug therapy
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Postoperative Complications / microbiology
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Prostheses and Implants / adverse effects*
  • Sepsis / etiology
  • Surgical Wound Dehiscence

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Methylene Blue