Frozen Elephant Trunk: A technique which can be offered in complex pathology to fix the whole aorta in one setting

<p>Abstract</p> <p>We report a case of treating complex aortic pathology with the use of the Frozen Elephant Trunk technique in a patient with chronic type B aortic dissecting aneurysm associated with arch and ascending aorta dilatation, proximal aortic disease and coronary disease...

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Main Authors: Kratimenos Theodoros, Ashrafian Hutan, Anagnostakou Vania, Kokotsakis John, Athanasiou Thanos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-05-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/66