... to have a large ascending aortic aneurysm that eroded into the main pulmonary artery creating a fistulous communication. The diagnosis was delayed and required a high index of suspicion and multimodality cardiac imaging. Case report Aortic pathology Aortopulmonary fistula Transoesophageal...

... Management Congenital heart disease Valvular heart disease Hypertension Heart failure Arrhythmia Pulmonary hypertension Aortic pathology Cardiomyopathy Drug therapy Pharmacology The current background information and detailed discussion of the data can be found in ESC CardioMed - Section 53...

...European Society of Cardiology Multislice computed tomography (MSCT) is currently the preferred modality for diagnosis and complete characterization of aortic pathology because of its widespread availability, rapidity, excellent spatial resolution, and excellent accuracy for all aortic segments...