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Recurrent arteriotracheal fistula.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Barton, TK; Gaede, JT
Published in: South Med J
May 1980

A 28-year-old man with a tracheostomy had two episodes of hemorrhage from an arteriotracheal fistula secondary to erosion of the cannula tip into the right subclavian and the right common carotid arteries. Arteriotracheal fistual formation is associated with high pressure cuffs, low tracheostomies, excessively long or curved tracheostomy tubes, mediastinal infections, and superiorly placed anatomic variants of the innominate artery. Repeat fistula formation can be anticipated until the underlying factor is eradicated.

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South Med J

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ISSN

0038-4348

Publication Date

May 1980

Volume

73

Issue

5

Start / End Page

687 / 688

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tracheotomy
  • Trachea
  • Recurrence
  • Male
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Fistula
  • Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Adult
  • 42 Health sciences
 

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Barton, T. K., & Gaede, J. T. (1980). Recurrent arteriotracheal fistula. South Med J, 73(5), 687–688. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-198005000-00046
Barton, T. K., and J. T. Gaede. “Recurrent arteriotracheal fistula.South Med J 73, no. 5 (May 1980): 687–88. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-198005000-00046.
Barton TK, Gaede JT. Recurrent arteriotracheal fistula. South Med J. 1980 May;73(5):687–8.
Barton, T. K., and J. T. Gaede. “Recurrent arteriotracheal fistula.South Med J, vol. 73, no. 5, May 1980, pp. 687–88. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00007611-198005000-00046.
Barton TK, Gaede JT. Recurrent arteriotracheal fistula. South Med J. 1980 May;73(5):687–688.

Published In

South Med J

DOI

ISSN

0038-4348

Publication Date

May 1980

Volume

73

Issue

5

Start / End Page

687 / 688

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tracheotomy
  • Trachea
  • Recurrence
  • Male
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Fistula
  • Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Adult
  • 42 Health sciences