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The elephant trunk technique: a new complication
1Thoracic and Cardiovascular Department, University Hospital, Siena, Italy.
Texas Heart Institute Journal
|October 27, 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.