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Novel and Innovative Hybrid Technique for Type A Aortic Dissection
Published on: March 28, 2025
New surgical strategy for acute type A aortic dissection: hybrid procedure
Ricardo Ribeiro Dias1, Isaac Azevedo Silva, Alfredo Inácio Fiorelli
1FMUSP Heart Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. diasrr@hotmail.com
Abstract:
The new surgical strategy to treat patients with acute type A aortic dissection, the hybrid procedure with an uncovered aortic stent, allows surgeons to treat the aortic arch and the proximal descending aorta, besides the ascending segment, without extension of cerebral or systemic ischemia.
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