The Provisional Extension To Induce Complete Attachment (PETTICOAT) technique to promote distal aortic remodelling in repair of acute DeBakey type I aortic dissection: is the best the enemy of the good?

Ludovic Canaud; Baris Ata Ozdemir; Pierre Alric

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezv492

The Provisional Extension To Induce Complete Attachment (PETTICOAT) technique to promote distal aortic remodelling in repair of acute DeBakey type I aortic dissection: is the best the enemy of the good?

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Jul;50(1):153-4. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv492. Epub 2016 Jan 27.

Authors

Ludovic Canaud¹, Baris Ata Ozdemir², Pierre Alric²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Arnaud de Villeneuve Hospital, Montpellier, France ludoviccanaud@hotmail.com.
² Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Arnaud de Villeneuve Hospital, Montpellier, France.

PMID: 26819287
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv492

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Keywords: Aortic remodelling; Descending aortic stent grafting; Provisional extension to induce complete attachment (PETTICOAT); Type I aortic dissection.

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MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aorta / surgery
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
Aortic Dissection / surgery*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
Humans
Stents
Treatment Outcome