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Case Reports
. 2001;28(3):220-2.

The elephant trunk technique: a new complication

E Neri  1 , T Toscano, G Frati, C Sassi
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Case Reports

The elephant trunk technique: a new complication

E Neri et al. Tex Heart Inst J. 2001.

Abstract

We describe a complication that occurred during the 2nd stage of an "elephant trunk " aortic replacement. The patient was a 58-year-old woman who had undergone graft replacement of the ascending aorta and aortic arch with the elephant trunk technique for an acute, Stanford type-A aortic dissection.

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Fig. 1 Chest film showing complete atelectasis of the left lung.
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Fig. 2 Contrast-enhanced computed tomographic scan reveal-ing a giant pseudoaneurysm at the distal anastomotic site of the aortic arch graft.
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References

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