Facilitated aortic arch repair with the frozen elephant trunk technique

Marco Di Eusanio; Francesco D Petridis; Davide Pacini; Roberto Di Bartolomeo

doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.02.017

Facilitated aortic arch repair with the frozen elephant trunk technique

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2011 Nov;40(5):1261-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.02.017. Epub 2011 Mar 23.

Authors

Marco Di Eusanio¹, Francesco D Petridis, Davide Pacini, Roberto Di Bartolomeo

Affiliation

¹ Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna University, Italy. marco.dieusanio2@unibo.it

PMID: 21435896
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.02.017

Abstract

The frozen elephant trunk, combining together surgical and endovascular techniques, has been developed to treat patients with extensive disease of the thoracic aorta. In this article, we report three cases in which the frozen elephant trunk could facilitate surgical arch repair and patients' management.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aorta, Thoracic / surgery*
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Dissection / surgery*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed