Aortic arch repair with frozen elephant trunk versus conventional elephant trunk

Davut Cekmecelioglu^{1

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3}, Joseph S Coselli^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, USA.
² Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, CHI St Luke's Health-Baylor St Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA.
⁴ Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

Editorial

Davut Cekmecelioglu et al. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;9(3):223-225.

doi: 10.21037/acs.2020.02.11.

Davut Cekmecelioglu^{1

2

3}, Joseph S Coselli^{1

2

3

4}

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, USA.
² Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, CHI St Luke's Health-Baylor St Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA.
⁴ Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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