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Total aortic arch replacement with a novel 4-branched frozen elephant trunk prosthesis: Single-center results of the first 100 patients

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Source URL: http://www.jtcvsonline.org/article/S0022-5223(16)30036-8/fulltext

Author(s)

Malakh Shrestha, Tim Kaufeld, Erik Beckmann, Felix Fleissner, Julia Umminger, Firas Abd Alhadi, Dietmar Boethig, Heike Krueger, Axel Haverich, Andreas Martens

Outcomes are reported for initial use of a 4-branched graft with an incorporated distal stent graft for management of disease of the aortic arch combined with the proximal descending aorta. Operations were equally distributed among acute dissections, chronic dissections, and aneurysms. Surgical mortality was 7%, 3-year survival was 81%, and 22% needed additional intervention, much of which was performed endovascularly.

Commentary:

http://www.jtcvsonline.org/article/S0022-5223(16)30069-1/fulltext

http://www.jtcvsonline.org/article/S0022-5223(16)30060-5/abstract