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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 7, 2012; 18(37): 5309-5311
Published online Oct 7, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i37.5309
Published online Oct 7, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i37.5309
An endoluminal aortic prosthesis infection presenting as pneumoaorta and aortoduodenal fistula
Yung-Ta Kao, Chun-Ming Shih, Feng-Yen Lin, Nen-Chung Chang, Chung-Yao Huang, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei 11031, Taiwan, China
Chun-Ming Shih, Feng-Yen Lin, Nen-Chung Chang, Chun-Yao Huang, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei 11031, Taiwan, China
Feng-Yen Lin, Chun-Yao Huang, Biomedical Apparatus Research Center, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan, China
Nai-Wen Tsao, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei 11031, Taiwan, China
Author contributions: Kao YT wrote the paper; Shih CM and Lin FY made substantial contributions in reviewing the case and also wrote the paper; Tsao NW described the surgical findings; Chang NC contributed to image compilation; and Huang CY approved the final version of the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Chun-Yao Huang, MD, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, No. 252 Wu Hsing Street, Taipei 11031, Taiwan, China. cyhuang@tmu.edu.tw
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Received: February 22, 2012
Revised: May 4, 2012
Accepted: May 26, 2012
Published online: October 7, 2012
Revised: May 4, 2012
Accepted: May 26, 2012
Published online: October 7, 2012
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