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Novel and Innovative Hybrid Technique for Type A Aortic Dissection
Published on: March 28, 2025
Facilitated aortic arch repair with the frozen elephant trunk technique
Marco Di Eusanio1, Francesco D Petridis, Davide Pacini
1Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna University, Italy. marco.dieusanio2@unibo.it
Abstract:
The frozen elephant trunk, combining together surgical and endovascular techniques, has been developed to treat patients with extensive disease of the thoracic aorta. In this article, we report three cases in which the frozen elephant trunk could facilitate surgical arch repair and patients' management.
