%0 Journal Article
%T Ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm in patient with systemic lupus erythematosus
%A Conti
%A Daniel Oliveira De
%A Dias
%A Ricardo Ribeiro
%A Fiorelli
%A Alfredo In¨¢cio
%A Stolf
%A Noedir A. G.
%J Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
%D 2011
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
%R 10.1590/S0102-76382011000100022
%X it is reported a ruptured descending thoracic aortic aneurysm in a 25-year-old systemic lupus erythematosus woman who underwent 19 years steroid therapy. she was treated with 2 endovascular stent-grafts, discharged from hospital 13 days after the procedure in good health. three months later she returned with hemorrhagic shock due to high digestive hemorrhage secondary to an aortic-esophageal fistula. she underwent to an open emergency surgery, and died during the post-operative period.
%K aortic aneurysm
%K thoracic
%K lupus erythematosus
%K systemic
%K stents.
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