Normothermic frozen elephant trunk without circulatory arrest

Paolo Berretta; Michele Galeazzi; Pietro Giorgio Malvindi; Olimpia Bifulco; Beatrice Buratto; Mariano Cefarelli; Jacopo Alfonsi; Filippo Capestro; Emanuele Gatta; Marco Di Eusanio

doi:10.1007/s12055-023-01536-1

Normothermic frozen elephant trunk without circulatory arrest

Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Dec;39(Suppl 2):358-359. doi: 10.1007/s12055-023-01536-1. Epub 2023 Jun 14.

Authors

Paolo Berretta^{1

2}, Michele Galeazzi^{1

2}, Pietro Giorgio Malvindi^{1

2}, Olimpia Bifulco^{2

3}, Beatrice Buratto^{1

2}, Mariano Cefarelli^{1

2}, Jacopo Alfonsi^{1

2}, Filippo Capestro^{1

2}, Emanuele Gatta⁴, Marco Di Eusanio^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Polytechnic University of Marche, Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy.
² Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Ancona, Italy.
³ Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
⁴ Vascular Surgery Unit, Aortic Team, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Ancona, Italy.

Abstract

We describe our technique for total aortic arch replacement with stenting of the descending thoracic aorta allowing normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass and avoiding hypothermic circulatory arrest.

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12055-023-01536-1.

Keywords: Aorta; Aortic arch; Aortic surgery.