Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Successfully Managed with One-stage Surgery of Total Aortic Arch Replacement with Supra-aortic Transposition Plus Frozen Elephant Trunk Technique

Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Successfully Managed with One-stage Surgery of Total Aortic Arch Replacement with Supra-aortic Transposition Plus Frozen Elephant Trunk Technique

Acute type A aortic dissection has long been a challenging issue. The surgical techniques traditionally vary with the anatomic extent of the aortic dissection. Simple ascending aortic grafting can be lifesaving, but the lesions beyond the aorta, which include the arch vessels and descending aorta, r...

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Main Authors: Meng-Lin Lee, Shen Sun, Yi-Ching Chen, Ying-Chun Lee, Jiunn-Miin Lin, Chen-Yen Chien, Shie-Jao Wu, Jiun-Yi Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) 2014-09-01
Series:International Journal of Gerontology
Subjects:
aortic dissection
deep hypothermic circulatory arrest
frozen elephant trunk technique
total aortic arch replacement
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959814000726

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