A modified frozen elephant trunk technique for acute Stanford type A aortic dissection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute Stanford type A aortic dissection is often fatal, with a high mortality rate and requiring emergency intervention. Salvage surgery aims to keep the patient alive by addressing severe aortic regurgitation, tamponade, primary tear, and organ malperfusion and, if possible, prevent the late dissection-related complications in the proximal and downstream aorta. Unfortunately, no optimal standard treatment or technique to treat this disease exists. Total arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk technique plays an important role in treating acute type A aortic dissection. We aim to describe a modified elephant trunk technique and report its short-term outcomes.

Methods

From February 2018 to August 2019, 16 patients diagnosed with acute Stanford type A aortic dis

SUBMITTER: Song SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7579979 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature