The aortic balloon occlusion technique in total arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk

Xiaogang Sun; Hongwei Guo; Yanxiang Liu; Yunfeng Li

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezy369

The aortic balloon occlusion technique in total arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2019 Jun 1;55(6):1219-1221. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezy369.

Authors

Xiaogang Sun¹, Hongwei Guo¹, Yanxiang Liu¹, Yunfeng Li¹

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Vascular Surgery Center, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Abstract

The total aortic arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk is increasingly being used. However, deep hypothermic circulatory arrest is inevitable. We performed a novel surgical technique, the 'aortic balloon occlusion', in the surgical treatment of Stanford type A aortic dissection to reduce the adverse effects caused by deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.

Keywords: Aortic balloon occlusion; Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest; Frozen elephant trunk.

Publication types

Technical Report
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aorta, Thoracic / surgery*
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
Aortic Dissection / surgery*
Balloon Occlusion / methods*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Circulatory Arrest, Deep Hypothermia Induced / methods
Humans
Risk Factors
Stents*