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
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spelling doaj-b69e00e7c4db4d0ba1cba2ad8e7ebfc12020-11-24T23:58:12ZengBMCJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery1749-80902011-05-01616610.1186/1749-8090-6-66Frozen Elephant Trunk: A technique which can be offered in complex pathology to fix the whole aorta in one settingKratimenos TheodorosAshrafian HutanAnagnostakou VaniaKokotsakis JohnAthanasiou Thanos<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. The case was further complicated due to the involvement of the abdominal vessels and preexisting femoral to femoral crossover bypass. In addition the patient had a tracheostomy for laryngeal cancer.</p> <p>We emphasize the role of the Frozen Elephant Trunk to fix the whole aorta in one setting with special attention given to the changes taking place in vascular perfusion following correction and reconstitution of the true lumen.</p> http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/66AortaFrozen Elephant TrunkDissectionAneurysm
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author Kratimenos Theodoros
Ashrafian Hutan
Anagnostakou Vania
Kokotsakis John
Athanasiou Thanos
spellingShingle Kratimenos Theodoros
Ashrafian Hutan
Anagnostakou Vania
Kokotsakis John
Athanasiou Thanos
Frozen Elephant Trunk: A technique which can be offered in complex pathology to fix the whole aorta in one setting
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Aorta
Frozen Elephant Trunk
Dissection
Aneurysm
author_facet Kratimenos Theodoros
Ashrafian Hutan
Anagnostakou Vania
Kokotsakis John
Athanasiou Thanos
author_sort Kratimenos Theodoros
title Frozen Elephant Trunk: A technique which can be offered in complex pathology to fix the whole aorta in one setting
title_short Frozen Elephant Trunk: A technique which can be offered in complex pathology to fix the whole aorta in one setting
title_full Frozen Elephant Trunk: A technique which can be offered in complex pathology to fix the whole aorta in one setting
title_fullStr Frozen Elephant Trunk: A technique which can be offered in complex pathology to fix the whole aorta in one setting
title_full_unstemmed Frozen Elephant Trunk: A technique which can be offered in complex pathology to fix the whole aorta in one setting
title_sort frozen elephant trunk: a technique which can be offered in complex pathology to fix the whole aorta in one setting
publisher BMC
series Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
issn 1749-8090
publishDate 2011-05-01
description <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. The case was further complicated due to the involvement of the abdominal vessels and preexisting femoral to femoral crossover bypass. In addition the patient had a tracheostomy for laryngeal cancer.</p> <p>We emphasize the role of the Frozen Elephant Trunk to fix the whole aorta in one setting with special attention given to the changes taking place in vascular perfusion following correction and reconstitution of the true lumen.</p>
topic Aorta
Frozen Elephant Trunk
Dissection
Aneurysm
url http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/66
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