Aortic arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk technique – a single-center study

Aortic arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk technique – a single-center study

Abstract Background The frozen elephant trunk (FET) technique was developed to facilitate the two-stage surgery of extensive pathologies of the thoracic aorta and is now routinely applied in acute and chronic aortic syndromes. Methods From 11/2006 to 07/2017, 68 patients underwent aortic arch repair...

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Main Authors: Jamila Kremer, Fabian Preisner, Bashar Dib, Ursula Tochtermann, Arjang Ruhparwar, Matthias Karck, Mina Farag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Aortic disease
Frozen elephant trunk
Follow-up downstream aorta
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-019-0969-9

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