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Review
. 2013 Sep;2(5):649-52.
doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2225-319X.2013.06.01.

Total arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk technique

Ourania Preventza  1 , Raed Al-Najjar, Scott A Lemaire, Scott Weldon, Joseph S Coselli
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Review

Total arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk technique

Ourania Preventza et al. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2013 Sep.
No abstract available

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Video 1
Video 1
Total arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk technique
Figure 1
Figure 1
The drawing depicts the patient’s disease: ascending aortic aneurysm, arch aneurysm, proximal descending thoracic aneurysm, and a 95% occlusive lesion of the right coronary artery
Figure 2
Figure 2
This drawing illustrates the postoperative repair: ascending aortic replacement, total arch replacement with debranching of the arch vessels with a bifurcated Y-graft, aorto-left subclavian bypass, and repair of upper descending thoracic aorta with a skirted frozen elephant trunk graft. The endograft is delivered antegrade
Figure 3
Figure 3
Intraoperative photograph of the final repair, showing the various anastomoses and bypasses
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