Longer stent graft in frozen elephant trunk procedure: A fear or truth?

J Card Surg. 2021 Sep;36(9):3269-3270. doi: 10.1111/jocs.15761. Epub 2021 Jun 20.

Authors

Mohammed Idhrees¹, Mohamad Bashir²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Cardiac and Aortic Disorders, SRM Institutes for Medical Science (SIMS Hospital), Chennai, India.
² Cardiovascular Surgery, SRM Institutes for Medical Science (SIMS Hospital), Chennai, India.

PMID: 34148255
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15761

No abstract available

Keywords: aortic dissection; frozen elephant trunk; paraplegia; size of hybrid prosthesis; spinal cord ischemia.

MeSH terms

Aorta, Thoracic / surgery
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic* / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic* / surgery
Blood Vessel Prosthesis
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
Fear
Humans
Stents
Treatment Outcome