EJVES Extra
Volume 12, Issue 3 , Pages 35-37 , September 2006

A Rare Case of Superior Mesenteric Arterio-venous Fistula Causing Jejunal Varices and Recurrent GI Bleeding

  • C.-E. Xu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, 324# Jingwu-Weiqi Road, Jinan, 250021, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dr C.-E. Xu, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Shandong University, 324# Jingwu-Weiqi Road, Jinan, Shandong Province 250021, PR China.
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  • L. Guo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, 324# Jingwu-Weiqi Road, Jinan, 250021, PR China
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  • G.-X. Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, 66# Jingshi Road, Jinan, 250014, PR China
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  • S.-G. Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, 66# Jingshi Road, Jinan, 250014, PR China
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  • Z.-H. Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, 66# Jingshi Road, Jinan, 250014, PR China
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  • C.-L. Ruan

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, 66# Jingshi Road, Jinan, 250014, PR China

,Accepted 13 June 2006.

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PII: S1533-3167(06)00064-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2006.06.001

EJVES Extra
Volume 12, Issue 3 , Pages 35-37 , September 2006