Aortic patology

INTRODUCTION: Aortointestinal fistula is a patological communication between the aorta and the gut. Two groups of these fistulas are described. The primary fistulas originated as complications of aneurysma of the abdominal aorta and the secondary fistulas as a consequence of reconstruction of the abdominal aorta or the iliac arteries. CASE REPORT: A case report of 69-year-old man operated for aneurysma of abdominal aorta with implanted aortal prosthesis is described...

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Description of 32 cases of congenital heart disease in the adulthood, admitted in the First Department of Medicine of Hospital Santa Maria, Lisboa between 1980 and 1989. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Admission from the Emergency Room and Outpatients Clinic to an Internal Medicine Department of a General Hospital. PATIENTS: Adult patients with congenital heart disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS: All the 32 cases of congenital heart disease admitted between the 1st January 1980 and the 31st December 1989 were studied retrospectively...